2066 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93

judge or justice, or other officer of the State or country where
such will hath been or may be executed, having by law authority
to administer an oath, and a certificate under seal from the
governor, chief magistrate, or a notary public of such State or
country, that the court or officer before whom such oath shall
be taken hath authority to administer the same, and that such
oath hath been duly made before such court, judge, justice or
officer, shall be good and sufficient evidence in any court in
this State to prove such will.
Beatty v. Mason, 30 Md. 409.

1888, art. 93, sec, 336. 1860, art. 93, sec, 325. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 2, sec. 4

345. An attested copy, under the seal of office, of any will,
testament or codicil, recorded in any office authorized to record
the same, shall be admitted as evidence in any court of law or
equity; provided, that the execution of the original will or
codicil be subject to be contested until a probate hath been
had, according to the laws of this State.

Beatty v Mason, 30 Md. 409.

Ibid. sec. 337. 1860, art. 93, sec. 326. 1785, ch. 46, sec. 3. 1892, ch. 504.

346. H any witness or witnesses to any will shall die
before probate thereof, or if at the time of the probate of any
will any witness or witnesses shall be non-residents or beyond
the jurisdiction of the orphans' court, or if for any other
reason their presence cannot be secured, then proof by any
credible witness of the signature of the testator or of the sig-
nature of any such deceased or absent witness shall have the
same effect upon the probate of said will as if said deceased
or absent witness had been present at said probate and had
testified that said will was duly executed.

Ibid. sec. 338. 1860, art. 93, sec. 327. 1854, ch. 140. 1882, ch. 285.

347. Any person who may be interested in any devise or
bequest of any property within the limits of this State, or that
may be brought into this State after the bequest contained in
any will admitted to probate and recorded in any other State
or territory of the United States, or in any foreign country,
may procure a copy of said will, with a copy or certificate of
the probate thereof, authenticated in the mode and by the
officer duly authorized therefor by the laws of such State,
territory or foreign country, and file the same in the office of
the register of wills of any county in this State or the city of
Baltimore; and thereupon, it shall be the duty of said register