ART. 93.] DISTRIBUTION. 1359

the common ancestor to the more remote, the whole surplus shall
belong to the State, and shall be paid to the board of county
school commissioners of the county wherein letters of adminis-
tration shall be granted upon the estate of the deceased, for the
use of the public schools of said county.

Charlotte Hall School v. Greenwell, 4 G. & J. 407. Thomas v. Fred. Co.
School, 7 G. & J. 369. Rock Hill College v. Jones, 41 Md. 1. Patapsco Fe-
male Institute v. Rock Hill College, 51 Md. 470.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 137. 1729, ch. 24, sec. 20. 1878, ch. 316.

136. If any legal representative shall appear after payment
has been made under the preceding section, the board of county
school commissioners receiving such payment shall pay the same
to such representative; but no collateral more remote than
brothers' and sisters' children shall claim under this section.

Ibid. sec. 138. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 11, sec. 16.

137. In case the surplus remaining in the administrator's
hands, after payment of all just debts exhibited and proved, or
notified and not barred, or after retaining for the same, shall con-
sist of specific property or articles mentioned in the inventory or
inventories, the administrator, if he cannot satisfy the parties, may
apply to the court to make distribution, and the court may appoint
a day for making distribution, and by summons call on the said
parties to appear; and the said court may, at the appointed time,
proceed to distribute. But if a majority in point of value shall
neglect to appear, or appearing shall object to the distribution of
the articles; or if the court shall deem a sale of the said articles,
or any part of them, more advantageous, a sale shall be directed
accordingly, and the rules herein laid down relative to a sale by
order of the said court, shall be observed.

Williams v. Holmes, 9 Md. 290. Crawford v. Blackburn, 19 Md 42. Don-
aldson's Exrs v.Raborg's Admx , 26 Md 312 Ibid., 28 Md. 84. Wilson v.
McCarty, 56 Md. 277. Shriver v. State, 65 Md. 278.

Ibid. sec. 139. 1810, ch. 134, sec. 5.

138. Whenever a distribution of specific articles is to be made,
the orphans' court may appoint two disinterested persons, not in
any way related to the parties concerned, to make such distribution
amongst the persons entitled as to them shall seem meet and