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the expiration of the time provided in such notice, be answer-
able for any claim of which he had no notice.

(b) Any such executor or administrator, after payment of
all costs of administration, may, in lieu of any administration
account, file with the Orphans' Court:

(1) a statement under oath that the decedent was a member
of the armed forces of the United States dying in active service
in World War II, and the only assets of the estate consist of
compensation due from the United States for military service
and

(2) vouchers for the payment of the claims of all creditors
of the estate and of all taxes and commissions, and

(3) releases signed by all beneficiaries of the estate, showing
that all net assets of the estate have been distributed to the
persons entitled thereto,

and the Orphans' Court shall thereafter pass an order declar-
ing the administration of the estate to be complete.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 831.
(House Bill 699)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments", to be under a new sub-title "Larceny After
Trust", said new section to be known as Section 388A, and
to follow immediately after Section 388 of said Article, mak-
ing it unlawful to convert goods and things entrusted to
another.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title
"Crimes and Punishments", to be under a new sub-title "Lar-
ceny After Trust", said new section to be known as Section
388A, to follow immediately after Section 388 of said Article,
and to read as follows:

LARCENY AFTER TRUST

388A. Any person who shall be entrusted with the posses-
sion of goods or things of value for the purpose of applying the