1204 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 696

of the State of Maryland shall, at the next general election
to be held in November, 1942, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State, for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance of the directions contained in Article 14 of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, and at the said general
election the vote on the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amend-
ment", and "Against the Constitutional Amendment", as now
provided by law, and immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against the said proposed amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution, and further proceed-
ings had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.

Approved May 2? 1941.

CHAPTER 696.
(House Bill 599)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 93 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testamentary
Law", sub-title "Account", said new section to be known as
Section 5A and to follow immediately after Section 5 of
said Article, relating to the payment of funeral expenses
by executor or administrator.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Testamentary Law", sub-title "Account", said new section
to be known as Section 5A, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 5 of said Article, and to read as follows:

5A. Every executor or administrator within ninety days
after the grant of letters, shall pay, out of the first moneys
received by him, after the first cost of letters of administra-
tion, and after all taxes due from his decedent shall have
been paid or determined, the funeral expenses of his dece-
dent, to be allowed in the discretion of the Orphans' Court
according to the condition and circumstances of the deceased,
in no event to exceed $300. 00, except by special order of
court, and provided the estate of the decedent be solvent, and
the same shall be preferred to all debts and claims against
the deceased, except for taxes due and in arrear from the