ACT. 93. ] TESTAMENTARY LAW 263

CHAPTER 428. " c

AN ACT to add an additional section to article 93 of the Code
of Public General Laws, entitled "Testamentary Law, " to be
designated as section 259 1/2.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That an additional section be added to article 93 of the
Code of Public General Laws, entitled "Testamentary Law, "
to be designated section 259 1/2, and to read as follows:

259%. The Orphans' Court shall have power to authorize and
direct any executor, administrator or guardian to compromise
any claim against or in favor of the estate of any decedent or
ward, as the case may be, in such manner as the said court may
approve.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 34.

AN ACT to amend article 93 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland of 1904, titled "Testamentary Law, " sec-
tion 2G4, sub-title "Register of Wills, " by adding an addi-
tional section thereto, to be designated as section 264A.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
article 93 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland of
1904, titled "Testamentary Law, " section 264, sub-title "Regis-
ter of Wills, be and the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto an additional section, to be known as section 246A, to
read as follows:

SEC. 264A. Each Register of Wills in this State shall be
required to keep a proper docket showing the grant of letters
testamentary or of administration and a short entry of every
paper or proceedings filed in the Orphans' Court of his city or
county, and every order of courts or register setting forth the
nature of such paper or proceedings, with the proper reference
to the place of recording the same, similar in every respect to
the dockets as now required by law to be kept in the several
offices of the equity courts of this State, and in addition to any
books or dockets now required by law to be kept, and which
additional docket shall be subject to the same supervision by
State officials as other dockets now are; and the Register of
Wills is hereby authorized to charge, tax and collect for each