454 SETTLEMENT OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES. [ART. 50.

	APPRAISEMENT, INVENTORY, AND LIST OF DEBTS.
Art 91, s 8. 1820, c 174, R 7 When adminis- trator to return list of debts due by decedent	122. Every administrator may, within one year after the date of his letters, return to the Orphans' Court a list of the debts due from his decedent, which may be made known to him, stating the principal and the time at which interest is to commence on each re-
Sworn to by administrator	spective debt, to which list of debts shall be annexed the oath of the administrator that the same is a correct list of the debts due
Subsequent returns	from his decedent, so far as the said debts have come to his knowl- edge; and every six months thereafter, until the estate may be finally settled, a similar return may be made of such debts as shall come
Certified copy of list of debts, prima facie evi- dence as to de- ficiency of assets	to the knowledge of the administrator within that period, which list of debts shall be recorded by the register of wills, and a copy thereof, certified under the hand of the register, and the seal of his offices shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of debts due by the decedent in any court where the administrator alleges that he has not assets sufficient to discharge the claim in controversy, or any part thereof
Id s 9 1820, c 174, s 8 Lists not evi- dence of justice of controverted claim	123. Such lists shall not afford any evidence of the justice or correctness of any claim therein, when controverted by the adminis- trator in any suit instituted for the recovery of such debt, nor shall the same be construed to take any debt out of the operation of any plea of limitation
Id s 204 1798, c 101, sub-c 6, s 1 Inventory to be returned by administrator 14 Md 388	124. In every case wherein letters testamentary, or of adminis- tration, or of collection, are granted, in order that all persons in- terested in the personal estate may have an opportunity of knowing as nearly as may be the amount of the same, an inventory (in case the estate lies in one county, or can conveniently be collected to- gether) or inventories (in case the property lies in more than one county, or cannot conveniently be collected together") shall be re- turned to the office granting the administration.
Id s 205 1798, c 101, sub-c 6, s 2 When warrant to appraisers to be issued	125. And on granting letters testamentary, or of administration, or of collection, a warrant or warrants shall issue under the seal of office, authorizing two persons of discretion not related to the de- ceased, nor interested in the administration, to appraise the goods, chattels, and personal estate of the deceased, known to them, or to be shown by the executor, or administrator, or collector.
Id s 206 1798, c 101, sub-s 6, s 2 Form of war- rant	126. 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. "