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trusts under such will, and to make all deeds and do all necessary acts
for that purpose, as if the trustees so relinquishing, disclaiming or
refusing to act had died, and the trustee or trustees so assenting to act
had survived him or them.

This and the preceding section, applied. Druid Park Heights Co. v. Oet-
tinger, 53 Md. 61.
See notes to sec. 291.

1904. art. 93. sec. 295. 18S8, art. 93, sec. 290. 1860, art. 93, sec. 283.
182S. ch. 174, sec. 1.

299. No such relinquishment, disclaimer or refusal to act by any
trustee shall be construed to release or impair his right or claim to any
devise, legacy or bequest derived or bequeathed to him by such will for
his own use, unless such devise, legacy or bequest shall be expressly
declared in the will to be as a compensation for his services as trustee.

Ibid. sec. 296. 1898, ch. 499, sec. 290 A. 1900, ch. 74.

300. Whenever a sale of real or leasehold estate is made under the
authority of the orphans' court, or under power contained in a will,
and is reported to said court for its ratification, the sale may be ratified
by said court at once without the publication of an order nisi; provided,
all parties in interest are sui juris and their consent is given to such
immediate ratification.

Widows.

Ibid. sec. 297. 1888, art. 93, sec. 291. 1860, art. 93, sec. 284. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch.

13, sec. 1.

301. Every devise of land or any estate therein, or bequest of per-
sonal estate to the wife of the testator shall be construed to be intended
in bar of her dower in lands or share of the personal estate, respectively,
unless it be otherwise expressed in the will.

A widow held to have been devised and bequeathed property within the
meaning of this section. Colllns v. Carman, 5 Md. 524.

This section applied and referred to in construing a will. Daughters v.
Lynch, 93 Md. 309. And see Gough v. Manning, 26 Md. 366; Durham v.
Rhodes, 23 Md. 241.

As to the wife's interest in her deceased husband's personal estate, see sec.
120 ct seq.

See notes to sec. 317.

As to dower, see art. 45, sections 6 and 7.

Ibid. sec. 298. 1888, art. 93, sec. 292. 1800, art 93. sec. 285. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch.
13, sec. 2. 1831, ch. 315, sec. 2.

302. A widow shall be barred of her right of dower in land or share
in the personal estate by any such devise or bequest, unless within six
months after the first grant of administration upon her husband's estate
she shall deliver or transmit to the court or register of wills where
administration has been granted a written renunciation in the following
form, or to the following effect: "I, A. B., widow of ————, late of
————, deceased, do hereby renounce and quit all claim to any bequest.
or devise made to me by the last will of my husband, exhibited and