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of the general appraisers, the Register shall issue a warrant
authorizing and directing them jointly to appraise all property of the
estate of the decedent required to be independently appraised and
which is not specially appraised under Section 7-202 (b). If any
appraiser shall for any reason fail to act, the Register shall, upon
application by the personal representative, make a new designation
and issue a new warrant.

2-303. Conduct of appraisal.

All appraisers shall expeditiously perform their duty. The ap-
praisal shall be in columnar form, shall describe generally each item
that has been appraised and its value in dollars and cents, and
shall contain a statement signed and verified by the appraisers
certifying that they have impartially valued the property described
in the appraisal to the best of their skill and judgment. The appraisal
shall, immediately upon completion and verification, be delivered to
the personal representative.

SUBTITLE III

INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND STATUTORY SHARES
Part 1—Intestate Succession.
3-101. Net intestate estate.

Any part of the net estate of a decedent not effectively disposed
of by his will shall be distributed by the personal representative
to the decedent's heirs in the order prescribed in this Part.

3-102. Surviving spouse—limitations.

The share of a surviving spouse shall be:

(1)    if there is also surviving issue, one-third (1/3);

(2)    if there is no surviving issue but a surviving parent, one-half

(½);

(3)    if there is no surviving issue or parent but a surviving
brother or sister, or issue of a brother or sister, four thousand
dollars ($4,000) plus one-half (½) of the residue;

(4)    if there is no surviving issue, parent, brother, sister or issue
of a brother or sister, the whole;

provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section the net
estate shall be calculated without a deduction for the tax as defined
in Section 11-109.

3-103. Surviving issue.

The net estate, exclusive of the share of the surviving spouse,
or the entire net estate if there is no surviving spouse, shall be
divided equally among the surviving issue, by representation.

3-104. No surviving issue.

If there is no surviving issue the net estate exclusive of the share
of the surviving spouse, or the entire net estate if there is no sur-
viving spouse, shall be distributed by the personal representative: