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any uses not now permitted by the constitution or laws of this
State.

1888, art. 93, sec. 309. 1860, art. 93, sec. 300. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch 1, sec. 3.

316. No will, testament or codicil shall be good and effectual
for any purpose whatsoever, unless the person making the
same be at the time of executing or acknowledging it as here-
after directed, of sound and disposing mind, and capable of
executing a valid deed or contract. No will, testament or codi-
cil shall be good and effectual to pass any interest or estate in
any lands, tenements or incorporeal hereditaments, unless the
person making the same, if a male, be of the full age of twenty-
one years, and if a female, of the full age of eighteen years.

Davis v. Jacquin, 5 H. & J. 110 Hum v. Soper, 6 H. & J. 281. Davis v.
Calvert, 6 G. & J. 269. McElfresh v. Schley, 2 Gill, 181. Brooke v. Towns-
bend, 7 Gill, 24. Jones v. Jones, 8 Gill, 198. Townshend v. Townshend,
9 Gill, 506. Chelton v Henderson, 9 Gill, 432. Gaither v. Gaither, 3 Md.
Ch 158. Cramer v. Crumbaugh, 3 Md. 491. Wampler v Wampler, 9 Md.
540 Jennings v. Pendergast, 10 Md. 546. Barnes v. Syester, 14 Md. 507.
Weems v. Weems, 19 Md 346. Colvin v Warford, 20 Md. 388. Buchanan
v. Turner, 26 Md. 1. Higgins v Carlton, 28 Md. 118. Waters v. Waters, 35
Md. 531. Tyson v. Tyson, 37 Md. 582 McElwee v. Ferguson, 43 Md. 479.
Taylor v. Cresswell, 45 Md. 422. Griffith v. Diffenderfer, 50 Md 466
Brown v Ward, 53 Md 376. Layman v. Conroy, 60 Md 286. Stirling v.
Stirling, 64 Md. 138. Garrison v. Hill, 81 Md. 556.

Ibid. sec. 310. 1860, art. 93, sec. 301 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch 1, sec. 4.

1884, ch. 293.

317. All devises and bequests of any lands, or tenements,
or interest therein, and all bequests of any goods, chattels or
personal property of any kind, as described in section 314,
shall be in writing and signed by the party so devising or
bequeathing the same, or by some other person for him, in his
presence and by his express direction, and shall be attested
and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by two or
more credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and
of none effect.

Clayland's Lessee v. Pearce, 1 H. & McH. 29. Belt v. Belt, 1 H. & McH.
409 Free Sen. v. Bruce, 1 H. & McH. 509 Cheney's Lessee v. Watkins, 1
H. & J. 527 Brown v Tilden, 5 H & J. 374. Mason v. Harrison, 5 H. &
J. 480. Edelen v. Hardey, 7 H & J. 61 Siemer's Admr, v Siemer, 2 G. &
J. 100. Deakins v. Hollis, 7 G. & J. 311. Wareham v. Sellers, 9 G. & J 98
Hannon v. State, 2 Gill, 42. Jones v. Jones, 8 Gill, 197. Corrie's Case, 2
Bl. 488. Plater v Groome, 3 Md. 134. Cramer v Crumbaugh, 3 Md. 491.

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