1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 316.

Executors,
administra-
tors, &c. to
answer on

oath.

all liabilities of the principal or securities thereto, unless
the contrary be distinctly proved.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in all cases here-
inbefore provided for, where returns and accounts,
bonds, or other papers, are to be established, the said
commissioner may, in his discretion, require the parlies,
executors, administrators, guardians, masters, and obli-
gors, to answer on oath such interrogatories as shall be
propounded to them; and in case the parties shall re-
fuse to answer such interrogatories, the commissioner
shall be, and he is hereby authorized, to assume the
truth of the evidence offered, to establish their respon-
sibility and the extent thereof, and the same privilege

of examination, with like qualification and like effect,
is hereby given to such executors, administrators, guar-
dians, masters, and obligors, when the parties whom

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they seek to examine are of full age; And provided,
that in no case shall any such answer or answers be con-
clusive against the parties requiring the same; Provid-
ed further, that no inference unfavorable to the party
to whom interrogatories are propounded shall be made,
when such party declares on oath his or her ignorance

of the subject of such interrogatory.

New bonds
required of
executors, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioner may require all executors, administrators, and
guardians, on their appearing before him as hereinbe-
fore recited, or upon their neglect or refusal to appear,
to give new bonds in the same manner and according
to the form and effect of the statutes now in force in this
State, in regard to the bonds of executors, administra-
tors, and guardians, and upon the neglect or refusal of
them, or any of them so to do, the Orphans' court of
said county of Dorchester, being advised thereof, and
upon notice to such executor, administrator, or guar-
dian, may revoke the letters testamentary, or of admin-
istration, or appointment of any such executor, admin-
istrator, or guardian, so neglecting or refusing, and a
new executor, administrator, or guardian to appoint,
and upon the failure or refusal of any former executor,
administrator, or guardian to deliver up to his, her, or
their successor or successors so appointed, all estate,
property and effects, papers, accounts, and books in his,
her, or their hands, the Orphans' court of said county
shall order the bond of any such executor, administra-
tor, or guardian, to be put in suit by his, her, or their

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successor or successors; Provided, always, that no
former bond of any executor, administrator, or guar-
dian, shall be released upon the granting of new let-
ters testamentary, or of administration or appointment
as aforesaid; And provided, that all such new bonds