614 ADDISON v. BOWIE.
values thereof, at said periods, are estimated at four per cent, upon
the gioss value, or $1,970; and that the residue of the personal
estate of said deceased, is worth $20,935 70. That the real
estate devised to Walter B. Bowie, may be valued at $6,200;
and the annual value thereof, at $248; and the personalty devised
to him, is valued at $4,187 14. That the real estate devised to
the complainant Eliza, may be valued at $15,750; and the annual
value thereof, at $630; and the personalty devised to her, is valued
at $4,187 14. That the real estate devised to Kitty Bowie, may
be valued at $8,400; and the annual value thereof, at $336; and
the personalty devised to her, is valued at $4,187 14. That the
real estate devised to Richard D. Bowie, may be valued at $18,900;
and the annual value thereof, at $756; and the personalty devised
to him, is valued at $4,187 14.
The auditor further reports, that from the testimony, it appears,
that Ann D. Bowie, the widow of the deceased, was at that time,
forty-five years of age; that the complainant Eliza, was twenty-
one years of age; that the defendant Walter, was eighteen years
of age; that the defendant Kilty, was fourteen years of age; and
that the defendant Richard, was five years of age. That a rea-
sonable allowance for the support of the testator's family, residing
at the mansion house, would be the sum of $1,000 per annum;
that the sum of $593 75 per annum, would be a reasonable allow-
ance for the maintenance and education of the defendant Walter,
who is now at a boarding school; that the sum of $468 75 per
annum, would be a reasonable allowance for the maintenance and
education of the defendant Kitty, who is now at a boarding school.
And that the sum of f 443 75 per annum, would be a reasonable
allowance for the maintenance of the complainant Eliza. And as
no moneys have been advanced to her since her marriage, the
auditor reports, that the sum of $695 21 would be a reasonable
allowance to be made to the complainant for her maintenance, from
the time of her marriage to this date.
The auditor further reports, that it will be the interest and
advantage of the defendants Walter and Kitty, to take under the
will of their father. The testator Baruck, devised certain lands to
the testator William, for life, with a power to devise it to certain
of his children: and also bequeathed one-third of his negroes and
stock of all sorts, to the younger children of the testator William,
by his then wife. The testator William, after referring to the will
of the testator Baruck, devised those lands to his son Walter, and
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