240 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CH. 191

CHAPTER 191.

(Senate Bill 231)

AN ACT to repeal the sub-title "Presumptions of Survivor-
ship" of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
1939 Edition), title "Evidence" and to repeal Section
89 of said Article and to enact in lieu thereof eight new
sections, to be under sub-title "Simultaneous Death",
said new sections to be known as Sections 89 to 96, in-
clusive, and to follow immediately after Section 88 of
said Article, relating to the disposition of property
where there is no sufficient evidence that persons have
died otherwise than simultaneously.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the sub-title "Presumptions of Survivor-
ship" of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Evidence", and Section 89 of said
Article be and it is hereby repealed and that eight new
sections, to be under a new sub-title "Simultaneous Death",
be and they are hereby added to said Article, said new sec-
tions to be known as Sections 89 to 96, inclusive, and to
follow immediately after Section 88 of said Article and to
read as follows:

Simultaneous Death.

89. No Sufficient Evidence of Survivorship. Where the
title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon
priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that
the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the
property of each person shall be disposed of as if he had
survived, except as provided otherwise in this sub-title.

90. Beneficiaries of Another Person's Disposition of
Property. Where two or more beneficiaries are designated
to take successively by reason of survivorship under an-
other person's disposition of property and there is no suffi-
cient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise
than simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be
divided into as many equal portions as there are successive
beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respec-
tively to those who would have taken in the event that each
designated beneficiary had survived.

91. Joint Tenants or Tenants by the Entirety. Where
there is no sufficient evidence that two joint tenants or ten-
ants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultane-