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430 SETTLEMENT OP DECEDENTS' ESTATES. [ART. 50.

BALES OF GOODS.

191 When Orphans' Court may direct sale of
personal property, terms of sale
192 Court may direct sale when advantageous
for persons interested
193 Administrator, etc, not to sell without
order
194 Court to revoke letters for so dome, new
administrator to recover property

195. Revocation to extend only to persons
offending
196 Executor, authorized by will, may sell
without order.
197 Coarse provender not to be sold by admin-
istrator, proviso
198 May sell growing crops to whom and
where, proviso

SALES OF LANDS.

199 Administrator may convey real estate sold
by decedent, proviso
200 Foregoing section extended to District of
Columbia
201. Proceedings in sales by executors under
wills
202 Proceedings where Executor does not act
under mil directing sale
203 Where purchaser does not comply with
terms of sale

204 Concurrent jurisdiction of Orphans' Courts
in sales of intestates' real estate
205 Power to appoint trustee to make sale,
sale and ratification, etc, proviso.
206 Valuation of such real estate
207 How trustees appointed by will may dis-
claim trust
208 Remaining trustees so appointed to be
capable
209 Disclaimer of trusteeship not to impair
right to legacy.

ACCOUNTS OF ADMINISTRATORS, ETC.

210 Administrator when to render account
211 If first account does not show full adminis-
tration, subsequent account, when to
be rendered
212 Failure to return, to revoke letters, bond
to be sued, what damages recoverable
211 Account what to contain, assets
214 Order of disbursements 1 Funeral ex-
penses, 2 Debts proved, etc, 3 Al-
lowance for things lost, 4 Adminis-
trators' commissions, 5 Extraordinary
expenses, etc.

215 Commissions to executor who receives
legacy
216 Agent may be examined on oath
217 Accounts of administrator of deceased ad-
ministrator
218 Husband of deceased administratrix to ac-
count, bow compelled
219 Allowance for losses
220 When distribution of surplus after dis-
charge of debts, provisos

DOWER

221 Liability for waste. 224 Orphans' Court to allow or reject such

222 Portion of expenses of improving lands claims

subject to dower to be paid by widow 225 Right of appeal.
223. How ascertained, dower to be answerable

for such expenses.

JOINTURE.
226. Jointure to bar dower.

DEVISE, ETC. IN LIEU 0F DOWER, AND RENUNCIATION.

227 Devise to widow, when to bar dower or
share of personal estate
228 To be barred of dower or share in per-
sonal estate unless she renounces be-
quest or devise, time within which,
form of renunciation.

229 To renounce the whole where devise of
part of both property, real and personal
estate
230 Effect where devise only a part of real es-
tate or only a part of personal estate
231 Not barred, if nothing passes by devise

WIDOW'S DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE

232 Widows may choose household furniture
at appraisement, provisos, what sum
not to exceed as appraised

233 What proportion of solvent or insolvent
decedent's property, childless widow to
take
234 Administrator to be allowed for property
taken

Art 93 s 227
1847, c 294, s 1.
Governor to

ORPHANS' COURT.

1. The governor shall, of the three persons elected judges of
the Orphans' Courts in the several counties and the city of Balti-



 

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