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legal services rendered upon any matter in connection with the ad-
ministration or distribution of the estate in respect to which the
court may believe legal services proper, reasonable commissions on
the sale of any real property included in the estate, if such is
charged by a licensed real estate broker or salesman, and in addi-
tion 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 bal-
ance of the estate not more than four per cent; fourth, the widow's
allowance as in this article directed to be paid; fifth, all taxes due
by his decedent; sixth, charges for medical attendance, including
nursing attendance in last illness, to be allowed at the discretion of
the court according to the conditions and circumstances of the de-
ceased, 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; seventh, the allowance for
things lost or which have perished without the party's fault, which
allowance shall be according to the appraisement; eight, debts of
the deceased proved or passed in the following 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 employees contracted not more than three months prior
to decedent's death, and claims founded on judgments and decrees,

(c)  all other just claims. If there be not sufficient to discharge 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, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 409
(House Bill 808)

AN ACT to enact a new section to be known as Section 298(a)
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Testamentary Law," subtitle "Register of
Wills," to follow immediately after Section 298 of said Article
and subtitle, to prohibit certain types of agencies or employment
by the Register of Wills or his deputies, clerks and other em-
ployees of his office and to set a penalty for violations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 298(a) of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Testamentary Law,"
subtitle "Register of Wills," to follow immediately after Section 298
of said Article and subtitle, be and it is hereby enacted to read as
follows: