1048 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 499
CHAPTER 498.
(House Bill 210)

AN ACT to repeal and re enact with amendments Section 314
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1924 Edition), entitled "Testamentary Law",
sub-title "Widows", changing the law in cases where the
will of a husband or wife makes no provision for the sur-
viving spouse.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 314 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1924 Edition), entitled
"Testamentary Law", sub-title "Widows", be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

314. But if in effect nothing shall pass by such devise,
she shall not be thereby barred whether she shall or shall not
renounce as aforesaid. In such case the widow shall take one-
third of the lands as an heir and one-third of surplus personal
estate (if the deceased husband shall be survived by descend-
ants); and one-half the lands as an heir and one-half the sur-
plus personal estate (if the deceased husband shall not be sur-
vived by descendants, but shall be survived by father or moth-
er); and two thousand dollars or its equivalent in property, or
any interest therein at its appraised value, and one-half of the
residue of the lands as an heir and one-half of the surplus per-
sonal estate remaining (if the deceased husband shall not be
survived by descendants or a father or a mother, but shall be
survived by a brother or sister or a child or descendant of a
brother or sister) and no more.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 499.
(House Bill 211)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 311
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1924 Edition), entitled "Testamentary Law",
sub-title "Widows", changing the law of distribution in