TESTAMENTARY LAW. 2895

An. Code, sec. 73. 1904, sec. 72. 1888, sec. 73. 1820, ch. 174, secs. 4, 5.

74. The administrator of the deceased administrator shall return upon
oath to the court, on or before the day named in the order aforesaid, a
list of the notes, bonds, accounts and money aforesaid, as far as he can
ascertain the same; and when collected, they, or the money paid over to
him shall be assets in the hands of the administrator de bonis non, to be
accounted for by him as such.

Cited but not construed in In re Estate Baxley, 47 Md. 560.
See notes to secs. 11 and 71.

An. Code, sec. 74. 1904, sec. 73. 1888, sec. 74. 1820, ch. 174, sec. 6.

75. If the administrator of a deceased administrator shall return such
list, he shall be entitled to retain out of the money, bonds, notes and accounts,
such commission as the court shall, in their discretion allow, not exceeding
ten per cent, on the principal inventory, to be accounted for by him in
the settlement of the estate of his decedent. And if he refuse or neglect
to return such list, no deduction shall be made on account of such com-
mission from the damages to be recovered by the administrator de bonis
non; but he shall be bound to account for the commission so lost by his
default in the settlement of his decedent's estate, or his bond shall be liable
to be sued therefor.

This section referred to in construing sec. 5. Commissions for partial administra-
tion. In re Estate Baxley, 47 Md. 559; Parker v. Gwynn, 4 Md. 425; McPherson v.
Israel, 5 G. & J. 64.
See notes to sec. 5.

An. Code, sec. 75. 1904, sec. 74. 1888, sec. 75. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 10.

76. Every bond executed by an executor, administrator, administrator
de bonis non, administrator durante minoritate, administrator pendente lite,
or collector, as herein directed, shall be recorded in the office of the register
of wills where administration is granted; and any person conceiving him-
self interested in the administration of the estate shall be entitled to and
have, on demand, a copy of such bond, and a certificate from the register,
under his hand and the seal of his office, upon which copy and certificate
an action may be maintained in the name of the State for the use of the
party interested, and judgment may be recovered upon such action for the
damage actually sustained.

This section referred to in construing sec. 50—see notes thereto. State v. Boyd, 2
G. & J. 373.
As to the bonds of administrators, see sec. 50.

Administration by Foreign Executors and Administrators.

An. Code, sec. 76. 1904, sec. 75. 1888, sec. 76. 1813, ch. 165.

77. Any person to whom letters testamentary or administration have
been granted by the proper authority in the District of Columbia, may
maintain any suit or action, and prosecute any claim in this State, in the
same manner as if the said letters had been granted to such person by the
proper authority in this State, and the letters testamentary or of adminis-
tration, or a copy thereof, certified under the seal of the authority granting