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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 331.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Article XCIII of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Testamentary Law," sub-title "Admin-
istration," and also to repeal and re-enact with amendments
Sections 120, 121, 122 and 123 of Article XCIII of the Code
of Public General Laws, title "Testamentary Law," sub-title
"Distribution," and to repeal Sections 32 and 32 A of said
Article XCIII, title "Testamentary Law," sub-title "Admin-
istration," and to add a new section to said Article XCIII,
relating to the rights of surviving husbands in the estates
of their wives, to come in after Section 306 of said Article,
and to be known as Section 306 A.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal.

Iand, That sections 18, 19 20, 21 and 22 of Article XCIII of
the Code of Public General Laws, title"Testamentary Law,"
sub-title " Administration, " be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

Administra-
tion granted
In case of
death.

18. If the intestate leave a surviving husband or widow, as
the case may be, and a child, or children, administration at the
discretion of the court shall be granted either to the surviving
husband or widow as the case may be, or child, or one of the
children.
19. If there be a surviving husband or widow, as the case
may be, and no child, the surviving husband or widow, as the
case may be, shall be perferred, and next to the surviving hus-
band or widow, as the case may be, or children, a grandchild
shall be preferred.
20. If there be neither surviving husband nor widow, as the
case may be, nor child, nor grandchild, the father shall be pre-
ferred.
21. If there be neither surviving husband nor widow, as the
the case may be, nor child, nor grandchild, nor father, brothers
and sisters shall be preferred, and next to brothers and sisters
the mother shall be preferred.
22. If there be neither surviving widow nor husband, as the,
case may be, nor child, nor grandchild, nor father, nor brother,
nor sister, nor mother, the next of kin shall be preferred.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That sections 120, 121,
122 and 123 of Article XCIII of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Testamentary Law," sub-title "Distribution," be