2054 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93

1888, art. 93, sec. 297. 1860, art. 93, sec. 290. 1798, ch. 101,
sub-ch. 13, sec. 6. 1880, ch. 253.

303. If the widow commit waste in the lands of the
deceased she shall be liable to an action by the heir or devisee,
or his guardian.

Ibid. sec. 298. 1860, art. 93, sec. 291. 1849, ch. 543, sec. 1. 1862, ch. 101.

1884, ch. 107.

304. In all cases where administration shall have been or
shall hereafter be granted upon the estate of any married man
who has left a widow and an infant child or infant children
surviving him, the said child or children being also the child
or children of the said widow, such widow shall be entitled to
an allowance of the personal estate remaining after the pay-
ment of funeral expenses, for her own use and that of the said
infant children, of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars,
to be paid to her in money or in articles of household and
kitchen furniture at their appraised value, as she may elect.
Crow v. Hubbard, 62 Md. 560.

Ibid sec. 299. 1860, art 93, sec 292. 1849, ch. 543, sec. 2. 1862, ch. 101.

1884, ch. 107.

305. If the decedent leave a widow and no infant child or
children surviving him, the widow shall be in like manner
entitled to an allowance of seventy-five dollars in money or its
equivalent in household and kitchen furniture, as provided for
in the foregoing section.

Crow v. Hubbard, 62 Md. 560. Linthicum v. Polk, 93 Md. 91.

Ibid. sec. 300. 1860, art. 93, sec. 293. 1849, ch. 543, sec. 3.

306. The administrator of the decedent shall make return
in writing of the articles, and the amount so token by the
widow, together with her receipt for the same, to the orphans'
court granting administration; upon which return so being
made, the court shall allow him a credit for the same upon his
administration account.

Ibid. sec. 301. 1860, art. 93, sec. 294. 1830, ch. 99, sec. 1.

307. The orphans' courts may adjudge, determine and
apportion, in their discretion, what part of the expenses shall
be borne or paid by the widow which may accrue in making
the necessary repairs or improvements on the real estate in
which, at the time such repairs are so made and done, she
may be entitled to a right of dower.