1956 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93

Account.

1888, art. 93, sec. 1. 1860, art. 93, sec. 1. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 8, sec. 1.
1831, ch. 315, sec. 3.

1. Every administrator shall render to the orphans' court of
the county in which he shall have obtained letters of adminis-
tration within the period of twelve months from the date of
such letters the first account of his administration.

Scott v. Fox, 14 Md. 388. Dennis v. Dennis, 15 Md. 127. Scott v. Leary,
34 Md. 389. Jones v. Jones, 41 Md. 354. Biddison v. Moseley, 57 Md. 89
Levering v. Levering, 64 Md. 399 Van Bibber v. Reese, 71 Md. 613.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1860, art. 93, sec. 2. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 10, sec. 3.

2. If the first account shall not show the estate which was
on hand to be fully administered, another account shall be
returned within six months thereafter, and, within every term
of six months thereafter, an account shall be returned until
the estate shall appear to be fully administered; and whenever
a discovery or receipt of assets shall take place after render-
ing an account, another account shall be rendered within six
months thereafter; but an administrator shall not be obliged
to render accounts when it appears to the court that the estate
has been fully administered, except as to debts which the
court shall deem desperate.

Scott v. Fox, 14 Md. 388 Dennis v. Dennis, 15 Md. 127. Scott v. Leary,
34 Md. 389. Jones v. Jones, 41 Md. 354. Biddison v. Moseley, 57 Md. 89.
Levering v. Levering, 64 Md. 399.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1860, art. 93. sec. 3. 1796, ch. 101, sub-ch. 10, sec. 9.
1831, ch. 315, sec. 3.

3. If an administrator shall fail, to return an account as
before directed within the time limited by law, or within such
further time as the orphans' court shall allow not exceeding
six months, his letters, on application of any person interested,
may be revoked and administration granted at the discretion
of the court; and the administrator to whom letters may be
granted shall be entitled to put the delinquent's bond in suit
and to recover such damages thereon as the jury may find;
and in assessing such damage the jury shall allow such sum
as will be equal to six per centum per annum on the amount
of the inventory or inventories, from the time of the return or
returns to the time of the verdict, over and beyond the damages,
for such loss or injury as the estate may have sustained by the
delinquent's conduct.

Scott v. Fox, 14 Md. 388. Dennis v Dennis, 15 Md. 127. Scott v. Leary,
34 Md. 389. Jones v. Jones, 41 Md. 354. Biddison v. Moseley, 57 Md 89.
Levering v. Levering, 64 Md. 399