70

LAWS OF MARYLAND

1811.

as shall be prescribed and approved of by said court,
for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in
him.

Bond shall be
recorded.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond
shall be filed and recorded in the office of the register
of wills, of Anne-Arundel county, a copy whereof.,
under the seal of the orphans' court of said county,
shall be received in evidence in any court of law or
equity in this state.

Deed declared
to be valid;

AND BE IT ENACTED, That any convey-
ance or deed made by the trustee aforesaid, shall be,
and the same is hereby declared to be valid and effec-
tual to pass and convey all the right, title and interest
of the said minors, in and to the pieces of land

lying in Baltimore county aforesaid, to the purchaser
or purchasers of the same.

Land shall be
advertised.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said orphans'
court shall direct the trustee to give notice of the
time and place appointed for the sale of said lands, by
advertisement, set up in the most public places, and
some newspaper or newspapers, at least three weeks
before the sale; and the said court may, if they think
proper, direct the lands to be sold on a credit not ex-
ceeding fifteen months.

Money arising
from sale of
lands shall be
applied to the
payment of
debts.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the money aris-
ing from the sale of the lands, in the hands of the trus-
tee, after deducting the expenses of the sale of said
lands, to be ascertained by the orphans' court afore-
said, shall be applied under the direction of said court,
towards the payment of the debts of the said Jonathan
Sellman, and if any balance should remain after the
payment thereof, it shall be paid over, under the direc-
tion of said court, to the children of the said Jonathan.

Bond may be
put in suit if
trustee refuse to
satisfy creditors.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the trustee
aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to pay the creditors
of the said Jonathan Sellman severally, the sums
ascertained to be due to them respectively, his bond
aforesaid, may be put in suit by the creditors whom he
may neglect or refuse to pay, upon which suit such
creditor shall recover the sum ascertained to be due
by the said register, with interest and costs of suit.

Widow's por-
tion.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That after deducting
the expense attending the sales of said lands, the bal-
ance thereof shall be deducted from the amount of the
personal estate of the said Jonathan Sellman; and that
Anne E. Sellman, (widow of said Jonathan Sellman, )
shall only be entitled to the third part of the personal

property remaining after such deduction.