CHARLES RIDGELY, (of Hampton) Esq. Governor.

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meaning of this act; and that in case of the death of the said
William Gibson and John Owen, or either of them, during or
within the said term of twenty years so specified in the said
deed so to be made by the said commissioners to the said Wil-
iam Gibson and John Owen, that then and in that case a
successor or successors as the case may be, duly qualified ac-
cording to the true meaning and intent of this act, may and
shall be appointed for the unexpired part of the said twenty
years, by the said commissioners or a majority of them within
two months of said vacancy, so to manage and conduct the af-
fairs of said Surgical Institution, as it is the meaning of this
act that they shall be conducted and managed by the said Wil-
liam Gibson and John Owen, to all intents and purposes as if
they the said William Gibson and John Owen were to live and
continue to execute the said duties as professional superinten-
dants over the said Surgical Institution according to the true
intent and meaning of the third, section of this act.
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That a standing committee
from the body of the said commissioners shall be from time to
time appointed by said commissioners, to see that the affairs of
the said Surgical Institution are conducted by the said superin-
tending physicians or by their successors, in the manner con-
templated by this act; that any difficulties, doubts or com-
plaints as to the proper application of the funds of the said
lottery or the extension of the benefits of said institution shall
be referred to the said commissioners, the decision of whom or
a majority of whom shall be final and binding on those concerned
in such use of the funds or extension of the benefits of said Sur-
gical Institution.
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall fill up all vacancies, occasioned by death or resignation in
their body, within one month from the occurrence of said va-
cancies.

Dec. Sess.
1815.

Standing
committee-----
application of
funds.

Vacancies
in the hoard
of commis-
sioners.

CHAPTER 31.

An act to authorise the sale of the real estate of Perry E.
Noel, late of Queen-Ann's County deceased.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the county court of Queen-Ann's county be,
and is hereby authorised and empowered in case it shall be
deemed advantageous to the heirs of Perry E. Noel late of
Queen-Ann's county deceased, to appoint a trustee to sell and
dispose of all or a part of .the real estate of the said Perry E.
Noel in Queen Ann's county, at such time and upon such terms
as shall be prescribed by the said county court; and that upon
the payment of the whole of the purchase money, the said
trustee shall convey all or a part of the said real estate, to the
purchaser or purchasers; which conveyance being duly made
shall be sufficient to convey all the right, title, claim and inter-
est of in and to the said real estate, which the said Perry E.
Noel had at the time of his death.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the trustee to be
appointed by the said county court, before he or she proceeds to
exercise any of the powers to be vested in him or her by virtue
of said appointment, shall give bond to the State of Maryland,
in Such penalty and with such security as the said county court
shall direct, for the faithful performance of all and singular

Passed Dec:
30, 1815.
Trustee—
conveyance.

Bond.