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(b)    the name of the decedent and the personal representative;

(c)    the date of his appointment;

(d)    the date of probate of the will admitted to probate in the
proceeding; and

(e)    the signature of the Register and the seal of the Court.

6-104. Form of letters.

Letters of administration shall be in substantially the following
form:

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

To all persons who may be interested in the Estate of
........., deceased:

Administration of the Estate of the deceased has been granted on
....................................to.................................... [and the Will of the de-
ceased was probated on....................................]

(SEAL)

WITNESS:

Register of Wills for................................

6-105. Time of accrual of duties and powers.

The duties and powers of a personal representative commence
upon the issuance of his letters, but his acts occurring prior to ap-
pointment, when done in good faith, shall have the same effect as
those occurring thereafter. A personal representative may ratify
and accept acts done on behalf of the estate by others where such
acts would have been proper for a personal representative.

Part 2—Several Personal Representatives.
6-201. Priority among different letters.

A person to whom letters are first issued has exclusive authority
under the letters until his appointment is terminated or modified.
If, in the absence of such termination or modification, letters are
afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representa-
tive may recover any property of the estate in the hands of, and de-
mand and secure an accounting from, the personal representative
subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith
before notice of the first letters, shall not be void for want of
validity of appointment.

6-202. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.

A successor personal representative shall have the same powers
and duties to complete the administration and distribution of the
estate as the original personal representative, including the powers
granted in the will, but excluding any power expressly made per-
sonal to the executor named in the will.