282                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 261

FEASIBLE CONSIDERING THE AGE AND CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE CHILD, AND THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CHILD'S
MAKING RESTITUTION SHALL PRECEDE ANY LIABILITY
OF THE PARENT HEREUNDER.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 261
(House Bill 107)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 6 and 7
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Testamentary Law," subtitle "Account," re-
vising the order and priority of payment in an estate to provide
that certain fees be paid prior to payment of funeral expenses
and relating generally to the order and priority of disbursements in
an estate.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 6 and 7 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Testamentary Law," sub-
title "Account", be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

6.

On the other side shall be stated the disbursements by him made,
and which are to be made in the following order and priority: First,
such fees as may be due under Section 24 of Article 36 of this Code;
second, funeral expenses, to be allowed at the discretion of the court
according to the condition and circumstances of the deceased, not
to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) except by special order of
the court, and provided the estate of the decedent be solvent; [sec-
ond] third, his allowance for costs and extraordinary expenses (not
personal) which the court may think proper to allow, laid out in
the administration or distribution of the estate or in the recovery
or security of any part thereof, costs to include reasonable fees for
legal services rendered upon any matter in connection with the
administration or distribution 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 four per cent; [third] fourth, the widow's allowance
as in this article directed to be paid; [fourth] fifth, all taxes due by
his decedent; [fifth] sixth, charges for medical attendance, includ-
ing 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