452

SETTLEMENT OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES. [ART. 50.

Id s 75
1798, c 101,
sub-c. 3, s 10
Administration
bond, where
recorded
28 Md 341.

112. Every bond executed by an executor, administrator, ad-
ministrator de boms non, administrator durante minoritate, admin-
istrator pendente lite, or collector, as herein directed, shall be re-
corded in the office of the register of wills where administration is
granted; and any person conceiving himself interested in the ad-
ministration 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.

FOREIGN EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

Art 91, s 76.
1813, c 165.
Persons to
whom letters
granted, in Dis-
trict of Colum-
bia, may sue as
if letters
emitted in this
State
39 Md 20.
Certified copy,
proof

113, Any person to whom letters testamentary or of administra-
tion 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 administration, or a copy thereof
certified under the seal of the authority granting the same, shall be
sufficient evidence to prove the granting thereof, and that the per-
son hath administration.

Art 93, s 77
1839, c 41, s 1,
1849, c 417, s 1,
1874, c 483, s 103
Stocks, etc, of
estate of foreign
decedent to de-
volve on foreign
administrator.

114. If any person, being a resident of any other State, district,
or territory of the United States, or of any foreign country, shall
die possessed of or entitled to any of the public stocks or debt
created or issued upon the credit of this State, or of the stock or
debt created or issued upon the credit of the city of Baltimore, or
of the capital stock of any joint stock company incorporated by the
authority of this State, his right or title thereto shall devolve on
his executor or administrator, duly constituted and appointed as
such by the law of the State, district, territory, or country wherein
he may have resided at the time of his death, in the same manner
as if the said executor or administrator had been duly constituted
and appointed as such by the proper authority in this State.

Id. s 78
1839, c 41, s 2,
1849, c 447, s 2,
1874, c 483, 8 104
Domestic ad-
ministrator to
have priority

115. Nothing contained in the preceding section shall deprive
the courts of this State of their authority to grant administration
on the estate of such deceased person, and the right of a person so
appointed shall be preferred to the right of the foreign executor or
administrator; provided, notice of the claim of the domestic ex-

Proviso

ecutor or administrator to such stock be given to the proper officer
having charge of the stock-book wherein such stock is entered, and
having authority to make or allow a transfer thereof before any
sale or transfer thereof has actually been made by the foreign ex-
ecutor or administrator; and provided farther, that administra-
tion shall not be granted to any one in this State, except the next
of kin, residuary legatee, or a creditor who shall make oath to and
exhibit the vouchers of his claim before obtaining administration.