1847.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 230.

Proviso.

tor or administrator is by law entitled, and where a legacy
is left by any testator to his executor in way of com-
pensation, the said legacy shall be reckoned in the com-
missions fixed and determined by the Orphans court as
aforesaid, and the executor or administrator shall pay
the tax for the benefit of the State of one-tenth part of
the sum so allowed or fixed by said court for commis-

sions as aforesaid; provided, that nothing in this act shall
be consisted to affect any administration granted prior
to the first day of June eighteen hundred and forty-five,
or any administration which before the first day of June
next shall have been finally settled and closed with the
Orphans court of any county or of Howard district.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the second, third

and fourth sections of the act of December session
eighteen hundred and forty-five, chapter three hundred
and ninety-one be and the same are hereby repealed.

Repealed.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sixth and seventh
sections of the act of seventeen hundred and ninety-
eight, chapter one hundred and one, sub-chapter four-
teen, be and the same are hereby repealed; provided,
that nothing in this section contained shall in any way
affect any administration granted under said sections, or
either of them, of said act of seventeen hundred and
ninety-eight, prior to the first day of June next, or any
bond given under said sections or either of them, or any
rights or proceedings under such administration or bond
granted or given before the first day of June next, but all
the rights of parties, under any such administration or
bond granted or given under said sections or either of
them before the said first clay of June next, shall be the
same as if this act had not been passed.

To take an
oath in addition
to that already
prescribed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of every executor or administrator to whom letters tes-
tamentary or of administration shall hereafter be granted,
in addition to the oath or affirmation now required by the
act of seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, chapter one
hundred and one, sub-chapter three, section twelve, to
be taken by executors and administrators, to take an ad-
ditional oath or affirmation, that he or she will dilligently
and faithfully regard and well and truly comply with the
provisions of the act imposing a tax on commissions
allowed to executors and administrators, and to aid in
paying the debts of the State, and of the supplements
thereto, which oath or affirmation the respective regis-
ters of wills are hereby required to administer, and to
place the same on record with the usual oath or affirma-
tion, and that the sixth section of the act of eighteen