ART. 93] DEBTS. 887

land, letters testamentary (or of administration) on the personal estate
of late of

deceased. All persons having claims against

the deceased are warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the
day of next; they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this

day of

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 2 of the Anno-
tated Code.

1912, ch. 146.

109A. Whenever any person, resident or non-resident of the State
of Maryland, shall hereafter die testate or intestate, leaving one or
more parcels of real estate in this State, but not leaving personal- estate
therein as far as may be known, it shall be lawful for the Orphans'
Court of the county or city in which such real estate, or any part of
parcel thereof, may be situate, to grant letters testamentary or of ad-
ministration on the estate of such decedent, and the Court may direct
notice to be given by publication to all resident or non-resident cred-
itors of such decedent, to file in said Court their claims against said
decedent, which notice shall be substantially as provided in section 109
of this article, and the provisions of sections 110 to 114, inclusive, of
this article shall apply. No purchaser of such real estate shall be
required to accept title thereto unless such notice has been given as is
authorized by this section and until the period for the filing of such
claims has expired; and no claim not filed within the period specified
bv such notice to creditors. shall thereafter be asserted against: such real
estate in the hands of a purchaser for value. The bond required upon
the grant of letters shall be in such penalty as the Court may prescribe.

1904, art. 93, sec. 109. 1888, art. 93, sec. 110. 1860, art. 93. sec. 111. 1846, eh. 147,

sec. 1. 1914, ch. 624.

110. The administrator may report to the court, with an affidavit
of the truth thereof annexed, the fact of having given such notice, and
the court on being satisfied that the order has been complied with and
the said notice has been given, shall endorse on said report their cer-
tificate that it hath been proven to their satisfaction that said notice
hath been given as therein reported, and shall order said report and
certificate to be recorded among the records of the court.

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 2 of the Anno-
tated Code.

115.

A judgment rendered by a justice of the peace of this state is entitled
to priority over general claims provided for by this section. Newcomer v.
Beeler, 116 Md. 651.