2942 ARTICLE 93.

An. Code, sec. 209. 1904, sec. 208. 1888, sec. 206. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 6, sec. 2.

215. 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., register of wills for ———— county...
Cited but not construed in Barren v. Smith, 108 Md. 323.

An. Code, sec. 210. 1904, sec. 209. 1888, sec. 207. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 6, sec. 3.

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

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

An. Code, sec. 211. 1904, sec. 210. 1888, sec. 208. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 6, sec.. 4.

217. The appraisers before they proceed to act shall take the following
oath, annexed to or endorsed on 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 perform my duty as appraiser,
to the best of my skill and judgment, so help me God."

This section referred to in construing secs. 5 and 231—see notes thereto. Handy v.
Collins, 60 Md. 239.

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

An. Code, sec. 212. 1904, sec. 211. 1888, sec. 209. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 6, sec. 5.

218. The appraisers shall proceed as conveniently as may be to the
discharge of their duty, and shall set down each article, with the value
thereof in dollars and cents; all the valuations on one side of the paper shall
be set down in one column distinctly in figures opposite to their respective
articles; the contents of each column shall be cast up and set down, and
likewise the contents of the whole shall be cast up and set down under the
last column.

This section referred to in construing secs. 5 and 231—see notes thereto. Handy v.
Collins, 60 Md. 238.

Cited but not construed in Barren v. Smith, 108 Md. 323; Hepburn's Case, 3
Bl. 105.

An. Code, sec. 213. 1904, sec. 212. 1888, sec. 210. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 6, sec. 6.

219. When the inventory shall be finished, the appraisers shall certify
the same under their hands and seals, and a certificate of their having taken
the oath aforesaid shall be thereto annexed; and every inventory shall be
returned to the proper officer within three calendar months from the date
of the letters, or within such time from the date of the warrant, in case
a second warrant shall have issued, as the case may require, unless further