MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           5

CHAPTER 3
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 1 to 43, inclusive, Sections 45 to 163,
inclusive, Sections 171 to 174, inclusive, Section 214, Sections 225
to 263, inclusive, Sections 265 to 273, inclusive, and Sections 277
to 393, inclusive, of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Testa-
mentary Law," and to enact Sections 1-101 to 12-102 in lieu
thereof to stand in the place of the sections so repealed under the
new title "Decedents' Estates"; to add a new Article 93A to the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1968
Supplement), to follow immediately after Article 93 thereof, to be
entitled "Wards and Guardians" and to be composed of (1) Sec-
tions 164 to 168, inclusive, Section 170, Sections 175 to 213, in-
clusive, Sections 215 to 224, inclusive, Section 264 and Sections
274 to 276, inclusive, of Article 93 of said Code, said sections to be
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, as Sections 1 to 59,
inclusive, of new Article 93A and (2) new Sections 60 and 61,
said sections to be added to said new Article 93A; to repeal the
following sections of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
edition, as from time to time replaced, amended and supple-
mented): Sections 33 to 37, inclusive, of Article 16 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title
"Chancery," subtitle "Dower"; Sections 106 and 109 of said Article
16, subtitle "Jurisdiction"; Section 138(b) of said Article 16, sub-
title "Non Compos Mentis"; Sections 157 and 158 of said Article 16,
subtitle "Sales"; Sections 197 and 197A of said Article 16, subtitle
"Trustee"; Section 95 of Article 21 of said Code (1966 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Conveyancing," subtitle "Forms of Con-
veyancing"; Section 9 of Article 24 of said Code (1966 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Costs"; Sections 6, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 12 and 13
of Article 45 of said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title
"Husband and Wife"; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 47 of Article 46
of said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Inheritance";
Sections 10 and 11 of Article 52 of said Code (1968 Replacement
Volume), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Civil Juris-
diction"; Section 78 of said Article 52, subtitle "Supersedeas and
Execution"; Section 8 of Article 57 of said Code (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Limitations of Actions"; Sections 21 and
23 of Article 66 of said Code (1968 Replacement Volume), title
"Mortgages," subtitle "In General"; Section 5 of Article 75B of
said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Principal and
Income"; Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of Article 79 of said Code
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Releases and Receipts"; Sec-
tions 145 to 148, inclusive, of Article 81 of said Code (1965
Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Tax
on Commissions of Executors and Administrators"; Sections 154,
156, 158, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, and 171 of said Article 81, sub-
title "Inheritance Tax"; and Sections 1 and 2 of Article 90 of said
Code (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Sureties"; to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, the following sections of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 edition, as from time to time
replaced, amended and supplemented): Section 5 of Article 1 of
said Code (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Rules of Interpreta-
tion"; Section 29 of Article 10 of said Code (1968 Replacement