684 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

295. Whenever expenses are or shall be incurred in effecting
repairs or improvements on any real estate, in which a widow
shall hold a right of dower, an account shall be rendered to the
Orphans' Court of the county by the party having said repairs
so done, setting forth in what way or manner such expenses
have accrued, showing the amount of expenditures in repairs as
aforesaid; and on such account being rendered to the Orphans'
Court, it shall be their duty to order such portion of said ex-
penses to be paid by the widow or person having control over
said right of dower to the person claiming, and in all cases
shall the right of dower be answerable for the payment of
such apportionment of expenses; but nothing contained in this
and the preceding section, shall be construed to authorize the
said Orphans' Courts to apportion the expenses of repairs in any
case whatever, except where minors are concerned.

296. In all cases provided for in the two last preceding sec-
tions, the Orphans' Courts shall have power to allow or reject
all claims for apportionment of expenses in making repairs
or improvements, as they may deem proper, having at all
times a due regard to all the circumstances of the case before
them; and no allowance or apportionment of expenses under
the preceding sections shall be made, unless the said repairs
or improvements shall have been first authorized and directed
by the Orphans' Court of the county where the same may
arise or accrue.

297. If any person, or the guardian of any person, may con-
ceive himself aggrieved by the decision of any Orphans' Court
under the provisions of the three last preceding sections, he
may appeal to the Circuit Court of the county, or Superior
Court of Baltimore city, and a transcript of the proceedings
shall be sent to the said court, who shall hear and examine the
same, and give such judgment in the matter as may be accord-
ing to equity.

WILLS.

298. All lands, tenements and hereditaments which might pass
by deed, or which would, in case of the proprietor's dying in-
testate, descend to or devolve on his or her heirs or other re-
presentatives, except estates-tail, shall be subject to be disposed
of, transferred and passed by his or her last will, testament or
codicil, under the following restrictions: