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lations of the State Department, the amount of such assist-
ance and the date on which such assistance shall begin. It
shall make an award which shall be binding upon the county
or Baltimore City as the case may be, and be complied with
until such an award is modified or vacated. The local unit
shall notify the applicant of its decision. Such assistance
shall be paid monthly to the applicant upon order of the
local unit out of any funds available for said purpose. Should
the fund or funds available be insufficient to make payments
in accordance with the amount of assistance established to
be needed, the State Department shall, by rule and regulation,
provide for a uniform method of adjusting individual pay-
ments.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 29, 1947.

CHAPTER 198.
(House Bill 55)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
273 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Reg-
ister of Wills", as said section was amended by Chapter
402 of the Acts of 1945, relating to the bond of the registers
of wills of the several counties and Baltimore City and to
repeal Sections 466 and 469 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland and Baltimore City Charter
(1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Register
of Wills", Section 466 having been amended by Chapter
713 of the Acts of 1945.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 273 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-
title "Register of Wills", as said section was amended by
Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

273. Beginning with November 5, 1946, the register of
wills in each county, before he acts as such, shall give bond
to the State of Maryland in the penal sum of fourteen thou-
sand dollars, and the register of wills of Baltimore City,
before he acts as such, shall give bond to the State of Mary-