ART. 93] FOREIGN EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. 1981

1888, art. 93, sec. 77. 1860, art. 93, sec. 77. 1839, ch. 41, sec. 1. 1849,
ch. 447, sec 1. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 103. 1888, ch. 249.

76. If any person being a resident of any other State, dis-
trict or territory of the United States, or of any foreign country,
shall die possessed of or entitled to any of the public stocks
or debts created or issued upon the credit of this State, or
of the stock or debt created or issued upon the credit of the
city of Baltimore, or of the capital stock of any joint stock
company incorporated by the authority of this State, or of any
national bank in this State, his right or title thereto shall
devolve on his executor or administrator, duly constituted and
appointed as such by the law of the State, district, territory or
country wherein he may have resided at the time of his death,
in the same manner as if the said executor or administrator
had been duly constituted and appointed as such by the proper
authority in this State.

Ibid. sec. 78. 1860, art. 93, sec. 78. 1839, ch. 41, sec. 2. 1849, ch. 447,
sec. 2. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 104.

77. Nothing contained in the preceding section shall deprive
the courts of this State of their authority to grant administra-
tion on the estate of such deceased person, and the right of a
person so appointed shall be preferred to the right of the
foreign executor or administrator; provided, notice of the claim
of the domestic executor or administrator to such stock be
given to the proper officer having charge of the stock book
wherein such stock is entered, and ha\dng authority to make
or allow a transfer thereof before any sale or transfer thereof
has actually been made by the foreign executor or adminis-
trator; and provided further, that administration shall not be
granted to any one in this State, except the next of kin, resid-
uary legatee, or a creditor who shall make oath to and exhibit
the vouchers of his claim before obtaining administration.

Dalrymple v. Gamble, 66 Md. 298.

Ibid. sec. 79. 1860, art. 93, sec. 79. 1839, ch. 41, sec. 3.
1849, ch. 447, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 105.

78. No such foreign executor or administrator shall be
authorized to transfer any such stock until after he shall have
given at least one month's notice by advertisement published
twice a week for four weeks in two daily newspapers of the
city of Baltimore, stating therein the death of his testator or
intestate, and the amount and description of stock intended to
be transferred.