ROBERT H. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 637

	Chapter 470.
	AN ACT to repeal section five of article ninety-three
	of the Code of Public General Laws, title " Testa-
	mentary Law," regulating the fees of executors, sub-
	title "Account," and to re-enact the same with
	amendments, to read as follows.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That section five of article ninety-three
	of the Code of Public General Laws, title " Testament-	Repealed and
	ary Law," regulating the fees of executors, sub-title	re-enacted.
	"Account," be and the same is hereby repealed and
	re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:
	SEC. 5. On the other side shall be stated the dis-
	bursements by him made, viz : First, funeral expenses
	to be allowed at the discretion of the court according
	to the condition and circumstances of the deceased,
	not to exceed three hundred dollars; second, the debts
	of the deceased proved or passed, as herein directed,
	and paid or retained; third, the allowance for things
	lost or which have perished without the party's fault,
	which allowance shall be according to the appraise-	Disbursements
	ment; fourth, his commissions, which shall be at the	in executor's account.
	discretion of the court not under two per cent , nor
	exceeding ten per cent, on the first twenty thousand
	dollars of the estate, and on the balance of the estate
	not more than two per cent.; fifth, his allowance for
	cost and extraordinary expenses, (not personal) which
	the court may think proper to allow, laid out in the
	recovery or security of any part of the estate, and the
	court may allow him credit for live stock killed for
	the necessary use of the family before a sale.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 8, 1884.