628 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

tion is such, that if the above bounden ———— shall well and
truly perform the office of executor of ————, late of ————
county, deceased, according to law, and shall in all respects dis-
charge the duties of him required by law as executor aforesaid,
without any injury or damage to any person interested in the
faithful performance of the said office, then the above obligation
shall be void; it is otherwise to be in full force and virtue in law.

50. Every executor or administrator, after filing his bond, and
before letters shall be committed to him, shall be required to take
the following oath, to be administered by the Register of Wills or
Orphans" Court: " I ————, do swear that I will well and truly
administer the goods, chattels, personal estate and credits of
————, late of ————, deceased, to the best of my knowledge,
according to law; and will give a just account of my adminis-
tration when thereto 1 shall be lawfully called; and that I will
diligently and faithfully regard, and well and truly comply with
the law imposing a tax on the commissions allowed to executors
and administrators, and a tax on collateral inheritances, dis-
tributive shares and legacies, so help me God "Which said oath
shall be recorded by the Register of Wills.

51. The following shall be the form of letters testamentary:
Maryland, ss: The State of Maryland to all persons to whom
these presents shall come, greeting:

Know ye, that the last will and testament of————, of————,
deceased, hath been in due form of law exhibited, proved and re-
corded in the office of the Register of Wills for ———— county,
a copy of which is to these presents annexed, and administration
of all the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased is
hereby granted and committed unto ————, the executor by the
said will appointed. Witness, A. B., Chief Justice of the Orphans'
Court of ———— county, this ———— day of ———.
Test: C. D., Register of Wills for ———— county.

52. If any person named as executor in a will shall be at the
time when administration ought to be granted under the age of
eighteen years or of unsound mind, incapable according to law
of making a contract, or convict of any crime rendering him in-
famous according to law, or if any person named as executor
shall not be a citizen of the United States, letters testamentary
or of administration (as the case may require) may be granted
in the same manner as if such person had not been named in the
will.