ART. 50. ] SETTLEMENT OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES.

under oath, and in such form, and shall be supported by such proofs
as shall be prescribed by the comptroller, and every register shall

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render with his accounts of the expenses incident to his office a list
of the clerks employed by him, stating the rate of compensation
allowed to each, and the duties which they severally perform, and
also an account of the sums paid for stationery, official or contingent
expenses, fuel, and other things, and stating the purposes for which
said expenses are applied; and in the account of fees there shall be
a separate statement of all those fees charged during the six months
included in said account which at the date of said account remain
uncollected.

List of clerks,
etc.

4. 7. Any register who shall be guilty of false swearing in taking
the oath required by the preceding section, with the intention to
deceive and defraud the treasury, shall be guilty of perjury.
46". The official bond of such register shall be answerable for the
emoluments of his office over and above the sum of three thousand
dollars in the counties, and thirty-five hundred dollars in the city of
Baltimore, herein provided; and he shall also, upon failure or neg-

Art 93, s 269
1853, c 444, s 5.
Penalty for false
swearing of
register

Id s 270
Const art 3, s 45.
1853, c 444, s 6.
Bond answer-
able for surplus
emoluments.

lect to pay or account for the excess over and above said sum, be
subjected to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Fine

47. The comptroller shall, from time to time, limit and fix the
number and compensation of the assistant clerks or deputies to be
employed by any such register, and no account for compensation
for services of any assistant clerk, deputy, or other person employed
in performing any of the duties pertaining to the office of any such
register shall be allowed until such assistant or other person em-
ployed shall have certified under oath that the same services have
been performed, that he has received the full sum therein charged
to his own use and benefit, and that he has not paid, deposited, or
assigned, nor contracted to pay, deposit, or assign, any part of such
compensation to the use of any person, nor in any way, directly or
indirectly, paid or given, nor contracted to pay or give, any reward
or compensation for his office or employment, or the emoluments
thereof.

Id s 271.
1853, c. 444, s 4.
Comptroller to
limit and fix
number and
compensation
of assistant
clerks, etc.

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND EXECUTORS' BONDS.

48. If administration shall be granted, and a will for the disposi-
tion of the personal estate of the deceased shall afterwards be proved
according to law, and an executor named therein shall apply for let-,
ters testamentary within thirty days thereafter, and shall be capable,
and shall execute a bond as herein directed, letters testamentary
shall be accordingly granted to him, and the same shall be con-
strued as a revocation of the letters of administration.

Art 93, 8 86
1798, c 101,
sub-c 5, s 4
Proof of will
and granting to
executor named
letters testa-
mentary, to re-
voke previous
letters of
administration.

49. When any will or codicil shall have been authenticated, or
proved as herein directed, before the register of wills or Orphans'
Court, letters testamentary may forthwith be committed to the ex-
ecutor or executors named in said will or codicil; provided, the said

Id s. 41
1798, 0 101,
sub-c 3, s 1
Letters testa-
mentary, when
and to whom
granted.