1068 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 513

WHEREAS, It is the intention to limit the valuation to all
such property owned by the infant and also to give the Court
jurisdiction to appoint guardians for females between the ages
of 18 and 21 years for the purpose of such sales, as well as to
provide for the procedure in such cases; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 173 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title
"Guardian and Ward", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

173. The Orphans' Court may order any guardian to sell
any fee simple real estate or annual ground rents of his ward,
or any interest of his ward therein, provided that the total
amount of all the real estate or rents, or interest therein,
owned by the infant, shall not be appraised at more than
$5, 000; and further provided, that the Court shall be satisfied
that such sale would be for the benefit of the minor or ad-
vantageous to his estate. The proceedings shall be by petition
for authority to have such property appraised, including the
parcel to be sold, a petition for an order to sell and a report
of sale and such sale shall not be valid or effectual unless
ratified and confirmed by the Orphans' Court after notice by
publication given in the same manner as practiced in cases
of sales of lands under decrees in equity. For the purpose
of this section, the Orphans' Court shall have the additional
jurisdiction to appoint guardians for females between eighteen
and twenty-one years of age. This section shall not be con-
strued as changing the rights of female wards to receive their
estates upon attaining the age of eighteen years.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 24, 1939.

CHAPTER 513.
(House Bill 679)

AN ACT to add two new sections to Article 30 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Deaf, Dumb
and Blind", sub-title "Workshop and School for the Blind",
to be known as Sections 14A and 14B, and to follow imme-
diately after Section 14, authorizing the operation of vend-
ing stands in all State, county and municipal buildings by