ART. 93] SALES——WIDOWS——WILLS. 595

Sales.

1898, ch. 499.

290 A. Whenever a sale of real or leasehold estate is made
under the authority of the orphans' court, and reported to said
court for its ratification, the sale may be ratified by said court
at once without the publication of an order nisi, provided all
parties in interest are sui juris, and their consent is given to
such immediate ratification.

Widows.

1898, ch. 331.

306 A. The provisions of the preceding sections 291 to 306,
both inclusive, relating to the rights of widows in the estates of
their husbands, shall apply to and be enforced in favor of sur-
viving husbands, so as to give to, vest in and confer upon surviv-
ing husbands the same rights in the estates of their deceased
wives, which said sections 291 to 306, both inclusive, give to,
vest in and confer upon widows in the estates of their deceased
husbands.

Wills.

1892, ch. 169. 1894, ch. 143.

311 A. Sections 310 and 311 of this article shall not apply to
any will or bequest executed prior to the first day of August,
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, but as to any such will or
bequest, the law as it existed prior to the said date shall apply
and govern the same.

Trustees, &c. v. McKinstry, 75 Md. 191.

1892, ch. 587.
312. Repealed.

1894, ch. 438.

316 A. In all wills hereafter executed, the real estate of every
testator not specifically devised shall be chargeable with the pay-
ment of pecuniary legacies, wherever the personal estate after the
payment of debts shall prove to be insufficient, unless the con-
trary intention shall clearly appear.
Pearson v. Wartman, 80 Md. 531.