Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-05-10
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amendments Secti0A *ehty-seEsni
of Article nincty-thrfM of the Code
of Public General Las title "Tes.
tamentary Law" anslfo add three
new sections to said 1rticle one, tc
come in after section lwo hundred
and fifty -four, and thf pther two To
come in after section alree hundred
and FIVE.
Section /. Be it enact4 BY the Gen.
eral Assembly OF Mary1n2. That Sec
tion seventy-seysn. oEre'e ninety
three, of the Code Of pabhc General
Laws. title wTestamentssy Law" be,
ant shs.. same is hereby spealed and
re-enacted with amendment. 30 as to
read as follows:
n. If any person being a resident of
any other State, district or territory
of the United States, or of any foreign
country, shall die possessed OF. or be
entitled to any of the public stock or
debts created or issued upon the cred
it of this State, or Of the stock or debt
created or issued upon the credit of
the City of Baltimore, or Of The capi-
tai stock of any joint stock company
incorporated by the authority Of this
State, or of any National Bank in this
State, his right or title thereto shall
deyolve on his executor or admlnistra
tor duly constituted and appointed AZ
such by the law of the Stale, dis
trict, territory or country wherein he
may have resided at the time of his
death, in the same manner asif the
said executor or administrator had
been duly constituted and appointed
as such BY the proper authority in
this State.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the
three following sections be. and the
same are hereby added to the said
are to come in after section
two hundred and fiity-four. and the
other two to come in after section
three hundred and FIVE.
254 A. The Orphans Courts shall
have power, ex-offcio. to order any
executor, administrator or guardian,
who appears by the records OF said
courts, or of the Register Of Wills, TO
be in default in respect to the render
ing of any inventory, the returning Of
any report, statement, return OF any
kind, or to the fulilment of any duty
in said courts, to be summoned to ap-
pear before the court, on some certain
day to named in the summons. and
fulfil his duty, on pain of revocation of
his letters testamentary or of admin
or guardianship; it shall be
the duty oft Registers Of Wills, from
time to time, to inform the Orphans
Courts, of such default so appearing
upon such order, letter shall be ad-
dressed by the Register Of Wills, and
be sent by him by mail to the person
80 appearing by him to be in default,
at his postoffice or place of address,
him of such order; and for
the sending of such letter, the Regis
ter shall receive twenty-five cents
from such person, if on appearing, he
is found to be in default; if the person
SO appearing to be in default does Lot
appear in court in answer to the let
ter, the court may order him to be
summoned by the Sheriff, and on his
may pass such order as
may be Just in the premises; and upon
his not appearing, after having been
duly summoned, the court may revoke
his letters testamentary or of admins
tration, or guardianship; upon any
such revocation, the court may, at its
order that the parties in.
terested, or any one or more of them,
be summoned to appear, and may
make such order or appointment as
the laws of the State, and justice may
require; but no guardian shall be thus
summoned, ex-ofhcio, TO appear be-
fore the court after his ward has ar
rived at legal age; nor shall any
executor or administrator be thus
summoned, ex-oficio after more than
three years have elapsed since the de-
fault for which he is summoned.
sos A. No devise or bequest Of real
or personal property for any chari-
table uses shall be deemed or he'd to
be void by reason Of any uncertainty
with respect to the donors thereof
provided, the will or codicil making
the same shall also contain directions
for the formation of q corporation to
take the same, aud within the period
of twelve calendar months from the
grant of probate of such will or codi.
Gle, a corporation shall be formed in
correspondence with such directions
capable and willing to receive aud adj
minister such devise or bequest.
sos B. Every devise and bequesI
purporting to be Of all real and per
sonal property belonging to the tesla
tor, shall be construed to includ,
also all property over which he has I
general power Of appointment, unles
the contrary intention shall appea
in the will or codicil containing sucl
devise or be9usst
Sec. 8. Aud be it enacted, Tha
this Act shall take effect from th
date of its passage.
Approved. April 4th. 1888.
ELIHU Z. JACKSON,
Governor.
GEORGE N. UPSHUR,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
GEORGE PETER.