1998 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93

the intestate, but no other posthumous relation shall be con-
sidered as entitled to distribution in his or her own right.
Shriver v. State, 65 Md. 278.

1888, art. 93, sec. 134. 1860, art. 93, sec. 135. 1825, ch. 156.

133. The illegitimate child or children of any female, and
the issue of any such illegitimate child or children shall be
capable to take real or personal estate from their mother, or
from each other, or from the descendants of each other, in like
manner as if born in lawful wedlock.
Hawbecker v. Hawbecker, 43 Md. 516. Richardson v. Smith, 80 Md. 96.

Ibid. sec. 135. 1860, art. 93, sec. 136, 1719, ch. 14. 1729, ch. 24, secs.

17-20. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 11, sec. 15. 1802, ch. 101, sec. 11.

1876, ch. 295.

134. If there be no widow or relations of the intestate
within the fifth degree, which shall be reckoned by counting
down from 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 administration 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
Female Institute v. Rock Hill College, 51 Md. 470.

Ibid. sec. 136. 1860, art. 93, sec. 137. 1729, ch. 24, sec. 20. 1878, ch. 316.

135. 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 callateral more remote
than brothers' and sisters' children shall claim under this
section.

Ibid. sec. 137. 1860, art. 93, eec. 138. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 11, sec. 16.

136. 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
consist 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