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duty to deliver on demand all the property ond money of the

decedent in his hands, except as before excepted, to the person

obtaining such letters; and in case of the collector's evading such

demand, or refusing or neglecting to deliver according to such

demand, made at a reasonable time and place, either the court
may proceed against him by attachment and impose a fine not
exceeding ten per cent, on the amount of property in his hands,
or his bond may be sued by the executor or administrator.

Administration Durante Mlnorltate.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 67. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, sec. 20.

67. Administration durante minoritate of an executor may be
granted by the orphans' court of the county wherein letters tes-
tamentary should be granted, and such administration shall last
until the executor shall attain to the age of eighteen years.

Administration Pendente Lite.

P. G L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 68. 1810, ch. 34, sec. 6.

68. In all cases where the validity of a wlll is or shall be con-
tested, letters of administration pending such contest may, at the
discretion of the orphans' court, be granted to the person named

executor, or to the person to whom the largest portion of the real

estate may be bequeathed in such contested will, or to the person
who would be entitled to letters of administration by law, as in
cases of intestacy.

Scoffield v. Craddock, 7 H. & J. 40. Blackstone v. Blackstone, 2 H. & G.
139. State v. Williams, 9 Gill, 176. Hanna v. Munn, 3 Md. 230. Cain o.

Warford, 3 Md. 454. Ibid., 7 Md. 282. Lee v. Price, 12 Md. 253. George-
town College v. Browne, 34 Md. 450. Munnikuysen v. Magraw, 35 Md. 280.
Ibid., 67 Md. 182.

Ibid. sec. 69. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 5, sec. 4. 1820, ch. 34, sec. 6.

69. In all cases where administration durante minoritate, or
pendente lite shall be granted, the grant of letters testamentary
or of administration shall operate as a revocation of such admin-
istration, durante minoritate, or pendente lite. And upon such
revocation, it shall be the duty of every administrator durante
minoritate, or pendente lite, to exhibit to the orphans' court his
accounts without delay, and to deliver to the executor or admin-