1336 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory or inven-
tories of such said goods, chattels, personal estate and debts as
shall come to his possession or knowledge, and the same shall in
due time return to the register of wills of ———— county, and
shall also deliver to the person or persons who shall be authorized
by the orphans' court of said county to receive them, such of the
said goods, chattels, personal estate and debts, as shall come to
his possession, (except such as shall be allowed for by the said
court,) then the above obligation is to be void, or it is otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue in law."

P. G. L., (1860,) art 93, sec 63 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch, 3, sec. 17.
63. Every collector on the grant of letters shall take the fol-
lowing oath: "I, ———, do swear that I will well and honestly
discharge the office of collector of the goods, chattels, personal
estate and debts of ————, deceased, according to the tenor of
the letters granted to me by the orphans' court of ——— county,
and agreeably to the directions of law, to the best of my knowl-
edge, so help me God."

Ibid. sec. 64. 1798, ch 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 18.

64. A collector shall collect the goods, chattels and personal
estate, and debts of the deceased, and cause the same to be ap-
praised, and return an inventory thereof in the manner prescribed
for an administrator, and secure the same at such reasonable ex-
pense as the court shall allow; and may, under the authority of
the court, sell perishable articles; and he may bring suits for
debts or other property, as an administrator may do, and shall ac-
count for the money or property recovered.

Ibid. sec. 65. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 18.

65. The orphans' court may allow a collector a commission on
the property and debts actually collected and afterwards de-
livered to the executor or administrator, not exceeding three per
cent., or on the whole inventory not exceeding two per cent.

Williams v. Est. of Baxley, 47 Md 555.

Ibid. sec. 66. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 20.

66. On granting of letters testamentary or of administration,
the powers of any such collector shall cease, and it shall be his