20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 19

tion of the estate in respect to which the Court may believe
legal services proper, and in addition to include commissions,
which shall be at the discretion of the Court not under two
per cent nor exceeding ten per cent on the first Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20, 000. 00) of the estate, and on the
balance of the estate not more than two per cent; third, the
widow's allowance as in this article directed to be paid;
fourth, all taxes due by his decedent; fifth, charges for medi-
cal attendance, including nursing attendance in last illness,
to be allowed at the discretion of the Court according to the
conditions and circumstances of the deceased, not to exceed
One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00), not more than Fifty Dollars
($50. 00) of which shall be paid to the physician or physicians
furnishing said medical attendance and not more than Fifty
Dollars ($50. 00) of which shall be paid to the nurse or nurses
furnishing said nursing attendance; sixth, the allowance for
things lost or which have perished without the party's fault,
which allowance shall be according to the appraisement;
seventh, debts of the deceased proved or passed in the follow-
ing order, (a) claims for rent in arrears against deceased
persons, for which a distress might be levied by law, but not
for a period of more than three months; (b) claims for wages,
salaries or commissions to clerks, servants, salesmen or em-
ployees contracted not more than three months prior to de-
cedent's death, and claims founded on judgments and decrees,
(c) all other just claims. If there be not sufficient to dis-
charge all such judgments and decrees, a proportionate
dividend shall be made between the judgment and decree
creditors.

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

Approved March 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 19
(House Bill 79)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Governor—Execu-
tive and Administrative Departments", sub-title "Depart-
ment of Legislative Reference", said section to be known as
Section 100A, and to follow immediately after Section 100
of said Article, relating to treatment of the Director of the
Department of Legislative Reference for retirement pur-
poses.