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44 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 15
CHAPTER 15
(Senate Bill 39)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
7 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951
Edition), title 'Testamentary Law", sub-title "Ac-
counts", relating to the testamentary accounts for the
estates of certain members of the Armed Forces of the
United States.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 7 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951) Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-
title "Accounts", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
7. (a) If the administrator or executor of the estate
of a member of the armed forces of the United States
dying [in]during the period of his active service [in
World War II] therein, whose assets consist only of com-
pensation due from the United States for said service,
publishes once in substantially the form provided in Sec-
tion 118 of this Article, notice to creditors of such estate to
exhibit their claims within thirty days after such notice,
he shall not, after the expiration of the time provided in
such notice, be answerable 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 adminis-
tration 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] during the period of his active service [in World
War II] therein, 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 credi-
tors of the estate; and
(3) releases signed by all beneficiaries of the estate,
showing that all net assets of the estate have been dis-
tributed to the persons entitled thereto, and the Orphans'
EXPLANATION : Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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