ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 149
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Chapter 107.
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AN ACT to repeal section two hundred and ninety-
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one of article ninety-three of the Code of Public
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General Laws, title " Testamentary Law," and sec-
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tion two hundred and ninety-two of said article, as
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repealed and re-enacted by the act of January ses-
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sion of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, chapter one
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hundred and one, and to re-enact the same with
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amendments.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That section two hundred and ninety-
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one of article ninety-three of the Code of Public Gen-
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eral Laws, title " Testamentary Law," and section two
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Repealed and
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hundred and ninety-two of said article, as repealed
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re-enacted.
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and re-enacted by the act of eighteen hundred and
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sixty-two, chapter one hundred and one, be and the
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same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read
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as follows:
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SECTION Two HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE. (291.) In
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all cases where administration shall have been, or
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shall hereafter be granted upon the estate of any mar-
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ried man who has left a widow and an infant child or
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infant children surviving him, the said child or chil-
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dren being also the child or children of the said
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widow, shall be entitled to an allowance of the per-
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Who entitled
to allowance.
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sonal estate remaining after the payment of funeral
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expenses, for her own use and that of the said infant
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children, of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars,
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to be paid to her in money or in articles of household
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and kitchen furniture at their appraised value, as she
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may elect.
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SECTION Two HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO. If the
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decedent leave a widow and no infant child or children
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surviving him, the widow shall be in like manner en-
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Widow entitled
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titled to an allowance of seventy-five dollars in money
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to allowance.
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or its equivalent in household and kitchen furniture,
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as provided for in the foregoing section.
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Approved March 20, 1884.
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