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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

use steam as a motive power on said Ridge Railway,

and to transport freight on and over the same, and

Use steam

may have the right to charge and collect such tolls

and freight charges as they may establish; the same

not to exceed the charges allowed to be levied and

collected by the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Rail Road

Company, under its charter, and supplements there-

to.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, March 30th, 1874.

CHAPTER 155.

AN ACT to repeal section five, of article ninety-three

of the Code of Public General Laws relating to test-

amentary law; and to re-enact the same with

amendment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repealed and
re-enacted.

Maryland, That section five, of article ninety-three,

of the Code of Public General Laws, be and the same

is hereby repealed, and re-enacted so as to read as

follows :

5. On the other side shall be stated the disburse-

Allowances

ments by him made, viz : first, funeral expenses to

be allowed at the discretion of the court, according

to the condition and circumstances of the deceased ;

second, the debts of the deceased, proved or passed,

as herein directed, and paid or retained ; third, al-

lowance for things lost or which have perished, with-

out the party's fault ; which allowance shall be ac-

cording to the appraisement; fourth, his commissions

which shall be at the discretion of the court, not un-

der five per cent, nor exceeding ten per cent, on the

amount of the inventory or inventories, excluding

what is lost or perished ; fifth, his allowance for cost

and extraordinary expenses, (not personal,) which