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450 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 459
(G) Any person who makes any false affidavit hereunder,
or who wilfully violates any Order of the Orphans' Court here-
under, or any other provision of this section, shall be liable to
a fine of not exceeding $500, for each offense.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and they
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency but only
to such extent.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.
Approved March 29, 1945.
CHAPTER 459.
(House Bill 63)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 116
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Debts", pro-
viding for combined advertisement of notice to creditors of
decedents.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 116 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title
"Debts", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
116. No administrator who shall, after the full expiration
of the notice herein provided for, have paid away the assets to
the discharge of just and legally proven claims shall be answer-
able for any claim of which he had no notice; provided, that
at least six months before he shall make distribution amongst
creditors or persons entitled, he shall have caused to be in-
serted in as many newspapers as the Orphans' Court or the
Register of Wills shall direct, an advertisement as follows, or
fully to the following effect, viz: "This is to give notice that
the subscriber,.................... hath obtained from the
Orphans' Court of............ County, in Maryland, letters
testamentary (or of administration) on the personal estate of
...................... late of..................... deceased.
All persons having claims against the deceased are warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
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