642 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 523

67. (BOND. ) (A) Upon the appointment of a guardian,
he shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the court in
an amount not less than the estimated value of the personal
estate and anticipated income of the ward during the ensuing
year. The bond shall be in the form and be conditioned as
required of guardians appointed under the general guardian-
ship laws of this State. The court may from time to time
require the guardian to file an additional bond.

(B) Where a bond is tendered by a guardian with personal
sureties, there shall be at least two such sureties and they
shall file with the court a certificate under oath which shall
describe the property owned, both real and personal, and shall
state that each is worth the sum named in the bond as the
penalty thereof over and above all his debts and liabilities
and the aggregate of other bonds on which he is principal or
surety and exclusive of property exempt from execution. The
court may require additional security or may require a cor-
porate surety bond, the premium thereon to be paid from the
ward's estate.

, 68. (PETITIONS AND ACCOUNTS, NOTICES AND HEARINGS. )
(A) Every guardian, who has received or shall receive on
account of his ward any money or other thing of value from the
Veterans Administration, at the expiration of one year from
date of his appointment, and every three years thereafter on
the anniversary date of his appointment, or as much oftener
as the court may require, shall file with the court a full, true,
and accurate account under oath of all moneys or other thing
of value received by him, all earnings, interest or profits de-
rived therefrom, and all property acquired therewith and of all
disbursements therefrom, and showing the balance thereof in
his hands at the date of the account and how invested. Each
year when not required to file an account with the court, the
guardian shall file an account with the proper office of the Vet-
erans Administration. If the interim account be not filed with
the Veterans Administration, or, if filed, shall be unsatisfac-
tory, the court shall upon receipt of notice thereof from the Vet-
erans Administration require the guardian forthwith to file
an account which shall be subject in all respects to the next
succeeding paragraphs. Any account filed with the Veterans
Administration and approved by the Chief Attorney thereof
may be filed with the court and be approved by the court with-
out hearing, unless a hearing thereon be requested by some
party in interest.

(B) The guardian, at the time of filing any account with
the court or Veterans Administration shall exhibit all securi-
ties or investments held by him to an officer of the bank or