634 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

75. Every bond executed by an executor, administrator, ad
ministrator de bonis non, administrator durante minoritate,
administrator pendente lite, or collector, as herein directed, shall
be recorded in the office of the Register of Wills where adminis-
tration is granted; and any person conceiving himself interested
in the administration of the estate, shall be entitled to and have,
on demand, a copy of such bond, and a certificate from the
register under his hand and the seal of his office, upon which
copy and certificate an action may be maintained in the name
of the State for the use of the party interested, and judgment
may be recovered upon such action for the damage actually sus-
tained.

ADMINISTRATION BY FOREIGN EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

76. Any person to whom letters testamentary or administration
have been granted by the proper authority in the District of
Columbia, may maintain any suit or action, and prosecute any
claim in this State, in the same manner as if the said letters had
been granted to such person by the proper authority in this
State, and the letters testamentary, or of administration, or a
copy thereof certified under the seal of the authority granting
the same, shall be sufficient evidence to prove the granting
thereof, and that the person hath administration.

77. 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 entitled to any of the public stocks or debts
created or issued upon the credit of this State, or of the stock or
debt created or issued upon the credit of the city of Baltimore,
or of the capital stock of any joint stock company incorporated
by the authority of this State, his right or title thereto shall
devolve on his executor or administrator, duly constituted and
appointed as such by the law of the State, district, territory or
country wherein he may have resided at the time of his death,
in the same manner as if the said executor or administrator had
been duly constituted and appointed as such by the proper au-
thority in this State.

78. Nothing contained in the preceding section shall deprive
the courts of this State of their authority to grant administration
on the estate of such deceased person, and the right of a person
so appointed shall be preferred to the right of the foreign ex-
ecutor or administrator; Provided, notice of the claim of the