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expressly permit the original probate of any will or codicil,
of a resident or non-resident of Maryland, in any county or
Baltimore City wherein letters testamentary or of adminis-
tration may be granted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 356 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition) title "Testamentary Law", sub-
title "Wills", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, to read as follows:

356. Any will or codicil of a resident or non-resident of
this State may be proved in any county or Baltimore City
wherein letters testamentary or of administration may be
granted; but the 'Court, if notified that proceedings for
probate at the domicile are pending, may, in its discretion,
postpone action upon the application for the original pro-
bate of a will or codicil of a decedent not domiciled in the
State of Maryland at the time of his death until the Court
at the domicile has acted.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 507
(House Bill 39)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1
of Article 21 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Conveyancing", sub-title "Conveyances in
General", relating to the recording and effect of renewable
leases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Article 21 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Conveyancing", sub-title
"Conveyances in General", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1. No estate of inheritance or freehold, or any declaration
or limitation of use, or any estate above seven years, shall pass
or take effect unless the deed conveying the same shall be
executed, acknowledged and recorded as herein provided;
except that whenever a lease of an initial term of not more