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CHAPTER 256
(House Bill 270)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 332 and
333 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Widows", increasing
the statutory allowances for widows with and without infant
children.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 332 and 333 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Wid-
ows" be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

332.    In all cases where administration shall have been or shall
hereafter be granted upon the estate of any married man who has
left a widow and an infant child or infant children surviving him,
the said child or children being also the child or children of the said
widow, such widow shall be entitled to an allowance of the personal
estate remaining after the payment of funeral expenses, for her
own use, and that of the said infant children, of the sum of [One
Hundred] Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be paid to her in
money or in articles of household and kitchen furniture at their
appraised value, as she may elect.

333.    If the decedent leave a widow and no infant child or children
surviving him, the widow shall be in like manner entitled to an
allowance of [Seventy-five] Two Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars in
money or its equivalent in household and kitchen furniture, as pro-
vided for in Section 332.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall not be con-
strued to extend or apply in the case of any person dying prior to
the effective date hereof.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 18, 1957.

CHAPTER 257
(House Bill 273)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31 of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Levy", providing the tax levy

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