Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-06-29
no. ego.

NO. -CU
4 N ACT entitled, Further Supplement to the
n Act entitled an Act imposing tax on COM
missions allowed to Executors and Administrators,
to aid in paying the debts Of the State, passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and fory-four,
chapter one hundred and eghty-four.
Whereas doubts have arisen under the act OF
eighteen and forty-fye, chapter three hundred and
nnety-one, (belng supplement to the act OF eigh-
teen hundred and forty-four, chapter one hundred
and eighty-four) whether an Executor or Admins
traitor is bound to pay any tax when he claims no
commissions, therefore to remove all such doubts,
Sec. l Be 1t enacted by the General assembly Of
Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the Orphans
Court of the county in which letters testamentary
orof administration are granted, to fix and determine
in every case, the amount of the Commission to which
the executor or administrator is by law entitled: and
when legacy is left by any testaor TO his executor,
in way of compensation, the said legacy shall ba
reckoned in the Commissions fixed and determined
by the Orphans Court as aforesaid; and the e1ecu-
tor administrator shall pay the tax for the benefit
of the State of one-enth part of the sum allowed
fixed by said Court for commissions aforesaid.
prouided that nothing in this act shall be construed
to affect any administration granted prior to the first
dav of June, eighteen hundred and torty-fve any
administration which before to the first day of June
next shall have been finally settled and closed with
the Orphans Court of any county or Of Howard
District.
Sec. 2 find be IL enacted, That the second, third
and fourth sections of the act of December session
eighteen hundred and forty fve chapter three hun
dred and ninety-one, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3 find be 1t enacted, That the sixth and Sc
venth sections of the act Of seventeen hundred and
ninety Height, chapter one hundred and one, sub
chapter fourteen be- and the same are hereby repeal
ed provided that nothing in this section contained
shall in any way affect any administrations granted
under said sections, or either of them, of said act
of seventeen hundred ninety-eight, prior to the
first day of June next, any bond given under said
sections, or either of them, or any rights pro-
ceedings under such administration or bond granted
given before the first day of June next, but all the
rights of parties under any such administration or
bond granted or given under said sections or either
ofthem, before the saio first day of June next shall
be the same as if this act had not been passed.
Sec. 4. find be it enacted That it shall be the du-
ty of every Executor Administrator to whom let
tiers testamentary Of administration shall hereat-
ter be granted, in addition to the oath affirmation
now required by the act Of seventeen hundred and
nnety-eight, chapter one hundred and one, sub
chapter three section twelve, to be taken by
tors administrators, to take additional oath or
affirmation, that he or she will diligently and faith
fully regard and well and truly comply with the pro-
visions of the act imposing tax on commissions al
lowed to executors and administrators, and to aid in
paying the debts ofthe State, and ofthe supplements
thereto; which oath or affirmation the respective
Registers of Wills hereby required to administer,
and to place the same record with the usual oath
aft rmaton and that the sixth section ofthe act Of
eighteen hundred and forty-our, chapter one hun
dred and eghty-f be and the same is hereby
repealed. d. CLAUDE, Treasurer.
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