112 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 36

sub-title and in the Maryland Rules for adoptions generally. [If
within a year from the entry of a decree of guardianship, as afore-
mentioned, a petition praying a decree of adoption has not been
filed, the guardian shall file with the court a report explaining the
delay in filing such a petition and, if he so desire, requesting an
extension of the guardianship, and the court may thereupon in
its discretion, either extend, for such time as it may deem advisable,
or terminate the guardianship J

79. [Before the end of the trial period, the court may request
a supplemental written report from the agency making the original
report showing the result of such trial period and making a recom-
mendation to the court in regard to the advisability of the passage
of a final decree, declaring the adoption prayed for in the petition.
If the court be satisfied from the original report, the supplemental
report, or from testimony taken, or otherwise, that the best in-
terests and welfare of the child will be promoted by the passage
of a final decree declaring the adoption of the person to be adopted,
the court shall, thereupon, pass such final decree of adoption. ]

No attempt to invalidate a final decree of adoption by reason of
any jurisdictional or procedural defect shall be received by the court,
or by any court of this State, unless regularly filed with such court
within one year following the entry of the final decree.

82. [Persons over twenty-one years of age may be declared to
be adopted, on the petition of the adoptive parent or parents, the
consent of the person to be adopted, and notice to the nearest next
of kin of the petitioner or petitioners, if upon hearing had the
court shall be satisfied that the adoption should be granted. ] The
legal effect of [such] an adoption of a person over 21 years of age
shall be the same as that of the adoption of a minor, except as to
guardianship.

88. Sections [73, ] 74, [75, 76, 77, ] 79, 83 and 86 of this article
shall not apply in Calvert, Charles, Garrett, St. Mary's and Wash-
ington counties. Section 87[A] of this article shall apply in Calvert,
Charles, Garrett, St. Mary's and Washington counties but not in
any other county of the State or in Baltimore City. Sections 67, 68,
69, 70, 71, 78, 80, [81, ] 82 [, ] and 84 [and 85] of this article shall
apply throughout the entire state.

91. All orders [or writs issued under Sections 89, 90, 129 and
130] granting, modifying, or dissolving an injunction or issued
pursuant to Rules 532 and 572 of the Maryland Rules shall bind
any person or persons, or corporation, against whom the same may
be passed or issued [, from the time when the passing or issuing
of the same shall come to the knowledge of such person or persons,
or corporation, by service or otherwise],

93. If the violation complained of be waste after injunction to
stay waste, the court shall ascertain the damage done by the waste,
by affidavit, or such other proof, as the court may judge necessary,
and may fine the defendant to the extent of double the damage
done and so ascertained [; and if the violation be the transfer of
monies, property, or choses in action, after injunction forbidding
such transfer, in addition to the attachment against the defendant,