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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lished by the said society with the fund herein provided, shall be

subject to the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and

eighty-two, chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, and the society

shall make to each general assembly the report thereby required ;

provided, that the said Maryland historical society is hereby au-

thorized to hare enough copies of each volume printed to supply

the members of the society and its exchanges by paying therefor

the actual cost of paper, presswork and binding the same; and,

provided further, that ten copies of each volume of the archives,

Copies.

published by said Maryland historical society, shall be bound in

cloth and deposited in the State library for the use thereof, and

that the said society be and hereby is authorized without being re-

quired to pay therefor to send a copy of each of the volumes that

have been or may be published to the respective State librarians of

the several States of the Union, and also to each of the circuit

courts of the several counties of the State, to the court of appeals,

the land office, the library company of the Baltimore bar, and such

library or historical association as may be approved by the Mary-

land historical society.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 416.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sections three

hundred and thirty-one, and three hundred and thirty-four, of

article ninety-three, of the Code of Public General Laws, title

" Testamentary Law," sub-title " Wills."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assembly of Maryland,

That sections three hundred and thirty-one, and three hundred

Repeal.

and thirty-four, of article ninety- three, of the Code of Public

General Laws, title " Testamentary Law," sub-title "Wills," be

and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,

so as to read as follows :

331. Every executor or other person exhibiting a will shall be

On oath.

examined on oath whether or not he knows of any other will or

codicil, and in what manner the will or codicil exhibited came into

his hands.

To prove

334. In proving a will or codicil all the witnesses thereto shall

will

be examined if their attendance can be had.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.