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be, by the executor, administrator or collector, and their warrants to
appraise shall issue on the approval of their appointment by the court
or register of wills, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing
contained in this section shall apply to the orphans' court or register
of wills of the city of Baltimore.

Cited but not construed in Barron v. Smith, 108 Md. 323.

1904, art. 93, sec. 207. 1890, ch. 155, sec. 205 B.

208. Said appraisers shall receive a per diem of not more than two
dollars a day for the time they are actually engaged in said appraise-
ment, said per diem to be paid out of the estate of the decedent after
said appraisers have filed an itemized sworn account of the number of
days they were actually engaged in said appraisement with the orphans'
court or register of wills, as the case may be, and after said sworn
statement is approved by said court or register of wills, as the case may
be; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply
to the orphans' court or register of wills of the city of Baltimore,
Cited but not construed in Barron v. Smith, 108 Md. 323.

Ibid. sec. 208. 1888, art. 93, sec. 206. 1860, art. 93, sec. 206. 1798, ch. 101,

sub-ch. 6, sec. 2.

209. The following shall be the form of the warrant: "The State
of Maryland, to ———— and ————, greeting: This is to authorize you
jointly to appraise the goods, chattels and personal estate of ———,
late of ————, deceased, so far as they shall come to your sight or
knowledge, each of you having first taken the oath hereto annexed, a
certificate whereof you are to return annexed to an inventory of the
said goods, chattels and personal estate by you appraised in dollars and
cents; and in the same inventory you are to set down in a column or
columns opposite to each article, the value thereof." Witness A. B.,
chief judge of the orphans' court of ———— county. Test: C. D., reg-
ister of wills for ———— county.

Cited but not construed in Barron v. Smith, 108 Md. 323.

Ibid. sec. 209. 1888, art 93, sec. 207. 1860, art. 93, sec. 207. 1798, ch. 101.

sub-ch. 6, sec. 3.

210. On the death, refusal or neglect to act of any appraiser,
another warrant may forthwith issue in its stead.

Cited but not construed in Barron v. Smith, 108 Md. 323.

Ibid. sec. 210. 1888, art. 93, sec. 208. 1860, art. 93, sec. 208. 1798, ch. 101.

sub-ch. 6, sec. 4.

211. The appraisers before they proceed to act shall take the fol-
lowing oath, annexed to or endorsed oil the warrant, before any person
authorized to administer an oath: "I, ————, do swear that I will well
and truly, without partiality or prejudice, value and appraise the
goods, chattels and personal estate of ————, deceased, so far as the
same shall come to my sight and knowledge, and will in all respects per-