TESTAMENTARY LAW. 2889

An. Code, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 57. 1888, sec. 58. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 4, sec. 7. 1914, ch. 23.

59. A married woman shall be entitled to letters testamentary or letters
of administration in the same manner as if she were unmarried, and shall
give bond with the same conditions annexed as herein provided in this
Article for the bonds of executors and administrators, and the bond of any
executrix or administratrix who is unmarried and eighteen years of age or
over shall be binding in the same manner as if she were of the full age of
twenty-one years.

See notes to sec. 44.

An. Code, sec. 59. 1904, sec. 58. 1888, sec. 59. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 4, sec. 8.

60. In case letters testamentary shall be granted to an executor above
eighteen and Under twenty-one years of age, the bond executed by him for
faithful performance shall be binding as if he were of full age.

Administration by Collector.

An. Code, sec. 60. 1904, sec. 59. 1888, sec. 60. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 14.

61. Letters ad colligendum may be granted by the orphans' court of the
county in which the will was proved or authenticated or where letters of
administration ought to be granted in cases of delay on account of absence
from the State of an executor, a contest relative to the will, or right of
administration, or the absence or neglect of an executor or person entitled
to administration to qualify, or from any other cause, and such letters may
be granted to one or more persons, in the discretion of the court, in case
the personal estate of the deceased shall be supposed to be in different
counties.

When right of administrator ad colligendum to sue is challenged, he need only
show that he was appointed and bonded before suit brought; proof held sufficient.
A court of law cannot inquire into propriety of grant of letters. Wilson v. Ireland,
4 Md. 448.

This section referred to in construing secs. 5 and 66—see notes thereto. Wilson v.
Wilson, 3 G. & J. 22.

See notes to sec. 5.

An. Code, sec. 61. 1904, sec. 60. 1888, sec. 61. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 15.

62. The form of such letters shall be as follows: Maryland, ss: The
State of Maryland, to all persons to whom these presents shall come,
greeting: Know ye that whereas ————, of ————, deceased, had, as
it is said, at his decease, personal property within this State, adminis-
tration whereof can not immediately be granted, but which, if speedy care
be not taken, may be lost, destroyed or diminished; to the end therefore
that the same may be preserved for those who may appear to have a legal
right or interest therein, we do hereby request and authorize ————, of
————, to secure and collect the said property wheresoever the same may
be in this State, (or in ———— county or counties,) whether it be goods,
chattels, debts or credits, and to make or cause to be made a true and perfect
inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same with all convenient speed,
together with a reasonable account of his collection, into the office of the