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LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 131.

Bond required of

trustees.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees
shall give bond to the State of Maryland, in such pen-
alty as the said court may direct, for the faithful per-

Sale to be reported.

formance of their trust, and all sales which may be
made by them shall be reported to the said court, which

Subject to confirm-

ation.

shall be ratified and confirmed in the same manner as
is usual in sales made under a. decree of said court, and
the same trustees shall also be bound to satisfy the

Proceeds invested.

said court that they have in good faith, invested the
proceeds in the manner above directed, ana on the con-
firmation by said court of any purchase or purcha-
ses which may be made by said trustees, their bond
shall by such confirmation be discharged, and the said

Trustees' compen-

sation.

trustees shall, for their trouble, be entitled to such coin-
mission and expenses as the court shall allow.

Disposition direct-

ed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the property pur-
chased by said trustees shall be conveyed to the said
Thomasina H. Gist, and her heirs, on the, part of the
father, and shall descend in case of her death, as if
she had became seized thereof by descent on the part
of the father; Provided, nevertheless, that the said
county court shall not pass any decree for the sale of
said lands, until the guardian of the said Thomasina
H. Gist, shall upon his oath have reported to the court,
the number of acres of land, and the price thereof, and
its contiguity to the dwelling farm before mentioned,
which the said guardian may propose to purchase, with
the proceeds of sales of said lands, to he made by the
Trustee as hereinbefore provided.

CHAPTER 131.

Passed Feb. 25,
1839.

An act for the benefit of the Infant Children of the late
Daniel Clarke.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it appears by, the petition of the widow
and administratrix, of the late Daniel Clarke, and of
the co-administrators, William D. Bowie, of Prince
George's county, and Thomas Duckett, of the city of
Annapolis, that it will be for the benefit of the Infant
Children of the deceased, to work with the. personal
estate for the space of one year, all the real estate of
which at the time of his death, he was seized and pos-