LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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2. And be it enacted, That when and so soon as such award or
ascertainment, as is herein before directed and prescribed, shall have
been so made and returned to the orphans' court of Caroline county,
it shall and maybe lawful for the said George A. Smith, his execu-
tors, administrators or assigns, to demand and receive, of and from
the said Elijah Satterfield, administrator of the said John Young,
out of the assets in his hands not before actually administered and
paid away in the due course of law, the amount of the said award or
sum of money ascertained as aforesaid, or a just dividend for the
same, with the other debts of the said John Young, after the
satisfaction of all debts of preference as prescribed by law; and to
sue for and recover the said sum of money so awarded, or the just
dividend thereof aforesaid, in the same manner as the said George
A. Smith, his executors or administrators might, or could recover
any ascertained sum of money due from the said John Young, in his
lifetime, for work and labour done and performed at his instance
and request; and in case there be no assets as aforesaid, for the dis-
charge and satisfaction of the said sum of money, then that the said
George A. Smith, his executors, administrators or assigns, shall and
may sue for and recover by an action upon their office bond afore-
said of the said John Young, in the name of the state, at the instance
and for the use of the said George A. Smith, his executors, adminis-
trators or assigns, in the usual forms of law, against the securities
named therein or either of them, or their heirs, executors or admi-
nistrators respectively, the said sum of money or the balance thereof
as the case may be, after deducting the amount of any dividend there-
of which may accrue from the estate of the said John Young, in the
manner aforesaid, so or that any such recovery shall not render the
heirs, executors or administrators of any such security or securities
liable for the payment of any greater sum than a fair and legal divi-
dend of assets to them happening according to law and a due course
of administration.

Dec. Ses. 1822

Payment of
award.

3. And be it enacted, That the said George A. Smith, or in case of
his death, his successor in office shall and may proceed to record, in
the usual and legal manner, all such accounts of the sales of the
estates of deceased persons as have been returned into the registry of
the orphans' court of Caroline county during the period of service
of the said John Young as register of wills as aforesaid, and have
not been duly recorded by him; and that it shall and may be lawful
for the said George A. Smith, or in case of his death, his successor
in office, or their executors, administrators, or assigns, to demand,
sue for and recover a fair and reasonable compensation for the labor
of completing the same, in the same manner and form as is herein
before authorised and prescribed.

Further re-
cords.

4. And be it enacted, That all and singular the records aforesaid,
when completed in the manner and form herein before mentioned and
prescribed shall be and remain in the registry of the orphans' court
of Caroline county aforesaid, as the true records thereof, and shall be
as firm and valid, as such records, to all intents and purposes as if
the same had been completed by the said John Young, in his lifetime.

Confirmed.

CHAPTER 72.

An act for the benefit of William Lathrum, of Saint Mary's county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
levy court of Saint Mary's county, be, and they are hereby authori-
sed and empowered to levy annually, so long as they may deem it

Passed Jan.
24, 1823.
Levy §30. '