1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 300.

States, and having a guardian in such other State, Dis-
trict or Territory, duly qualified according to the laws
thereof, and who shall have there given good and suffi-
cient, security for the faithful performance of his or their
trust as such, or in words to that effect, and who, as
guaidian hath, or shall then have the custody of the per-
son of such infant, then the court, under whose order
or decree the sale or sales afore said may have been made,
shall, upon the petition in writing of such guardian, set-
ting forth the premises, and stating the entire amount of
the personal property, including his portion of the pro-
eeeds of said sale or sales, made in this State as afore-
said, belonging to such infant, and also the amount of
the income of the real estate, if any, of such infant,
which hath come, or is likely to come into the hands of
such guardian, and accompanied by a copy, duly authen-
ticated, of the record of his or her appointment and
qualification as such guardian, and of the bond or other
instrument or security ao given as aforesaid, verified as
to the truth of the facts set forth in said petition by the
affidavit of such guardian, and as to the sufficiency of
such security, all things being considered by the affida-
vit of the chief clerk or prothonotory of the court, tri-

Authority.

bunal, or authority by whom such security was taken, or
of some other disinterested and credible witness or wit-
nesses; and upon the said court being satisfied ol the
truth of the fads set forth in such petition as aforesaid,
and of the sufficiency of such security, order and direct
the said trustee or trustees to pay, transferor deliver said
portion of the proceeds of the sale or sales made as
aforesaid, which may belong to such infant, to such

Proviso.

guardian, at such time, and in like manner as is provided
by the laws of this State, in the cases where the said
parties and infants are residents within the State.

Execute Bond
to the state.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any citizen of, or re-
sident in this State, shall be prospectively entitled to any
remainder, reversion or executory devise in said portion
of the proceeds of the sale or sales made as aforesaid,
upon the determination of the estate or interest of such
infant therein, it shall be lawful for the said court, in its
discretion, before giving such order or direction as herein-
before provided, to require that such guardian, or some
other person or persons, shall execute a bond to the State
of Maryland, in double the amount or value of such
portion of the proceeds aforesaid, with a surety or sure-
ties, to be approved by said court, conditioned that the
said portion shall, at the determination of the estate or