DANIEL MARTIN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1828

ney over to whomsoever by law it may be directed; there-
fore.

CHAP. 144.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the said trustees are by this act authorised and
directed, to deposite any such sums of money as may be in
their hands, which of right ought to belong respectively to
said minor and idiot, for said lot, in the Savings Bank in the
city of Baltimore, a receipt or certificate of which shall be
deposited in the register's office in Queen-Anne's county,
shewing that they have deposited the money as directed by
this act, be an acquittance to said trustees, or their suc-

Money to be de-

posited

CHAP. CXLV.

An Act to exempt the wearing Apparel of deceased Per-
sons from Appraisement and exposure to Sale by Execu-
tors and Administrators.

Passed Mar 10, 1829

WHEREAS, executors and administrators are obliged by
law to have appraised, and expose to public sale, the wear-
ing apparel of deceased persons, to the manifest distress of
the friends and family of the deceased, and to the small and
inconsiderable profit to the estate of the deceased; there-
fore.

Preamble.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That from and after the passage of this act, the
wearing apparel of deceased persons shall be exempt from
appraisement and exposure to public sale, by executors or
administrators, except in such cases where There be no wi-

Wearing apparel

of deceased per-

sons exempt from

appraisement, &c

just debts of such deceased; Provided always, that the pro-
perty of the deceased shall be sufficient to pay his or her
funeral expenses.

Proviso

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the wearing apparel of
deceased persons, exempt from appraisement and sale under
this act, shall not be deemed or taken to include watches,
or jewelry of any description.

Not to include

watches or jewelry

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That in all cases where the
wearing apparel of the deceased is exempt from appraise-
ment and snle under the provisions of this act, it shall be
the duty of the executor or administrator of the deceased,
as the case maybe, to return a special and separate inven-
tory of the said wearing apparel, to the orphans court of
the county in which he has obtained letters testamentary, or
of administration, as the case mav be, within two months
after the granting of said letters, and that after the said in-
ventory has been returned to said court, the said court may
direct the distribution of the same amongst the legal repre-
sentatives of the personal property of the deceased, by lot,

Special inventors

thereof to be re-

turned