404 INHERITANCE. [ART. 47.

DIVISION AND ELECTION.

32 Commission for partition of intestate's land, oath of commissioners 33 A majority to act 34 Notice 85 Appointment of guardian 36 Notice where any of the parties reside out of the State 37 What evidence of notice 38 To value estate, where to make partition equally 39 Where to make partition and ascertain value of each part 40 Allotment 41 Right of election 42 To return partition and allotment 43 Where estate indivisible, to be valued and return made.

44 When not divisible without loss, to be valued, right of election. 45 Right of election 46 Right of election, where person entitled by purchase 47 Notice to party out of the State entitled to elect 48 Where person entitled disqualified, who may elect 49 Where person entitled a minor, a married woman 50 How Election or refusal to elect may be made 51 Person electing to give bond, bond, lien.

SALE BY COMMISSIONERS.

52 When not taken by election, to be sold, sale to be ratified 63 Where partners all minors 54 Bonds to be taken, where sold on credit 55 Bonds may be given to the State, bond, lien 56 How purchaser compelled to comply 67 When divided, curtesy to be laid off 58 When sold, tenant by curtesy to have share of proceeds 59 Where curtesy in undivided part 60 Same 61 Where life estate in undivided part, re- mainder after life estate

62 Dower to be laid off 63 May be sold clear of dower by consent, allowance in lieu of dower 64 Pay of commissioners 65 Deed to person electing 66 Deed to purchaser 67 Where purchaser dies or assigns before deed executed. 68 Vacancies among commissioners 69 When court may order deed to be made 70 Proceedings not to be set aside for form.

	DESCENTS
Art 47, s 1 1786 c 45 1820, c 19l, s 1, What lands shall descend 21 Md 477, 23 Md 111-113, 12 Md 77, 47 Md 356.	1. If any person seized of an estate in the lands, tenements, or hereditaments lying in this State, in fee simple, or fee simple con- ditional, or of an estate in fee tail general, shall die intestate thereof, such lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall descend in fee simple to the kindred male and female of such person in the following older, to wit:
Id s 2 1820, c 191, s 1 How to descend	2. First, to the child or children and their descendants, if any, equally
Id s. 3 1820, c 191, s 1 How when de- rived from the	3. If no child or descendant, and the estate descended to the in- testate on the part of the father, then to the father. father 27 Md 200
Id s 4 1820, c 191, s 1. Same 27 Md 200	4. If no father living, then to the brothers and sisters of the in- testate of the blood of the father, and their descendants equally.
Id s 5 1620, c 191, s 1 Same 27 Md 200.	5. If no brother or sister as aforesaid, or descendant from such brother or sister, then to the grandfather, on the part of the father.
Id s 6 1820, c 191, s 1. Same 27 Md 200. Id s 7 1820, c 191, s 1. Same.	6. If no such grandfather living, then to the descendants of such grandfather and their descendants, in equal degree equally. 7. If no descendant of such grandfather, then to the father of such grandfather, and if none such living, then to the descendants of the father of such grandfather in equal degree, and so on, passing