LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 3

Volume), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle
"Who May not Practice Law"; Section 78(b) of Article 16 of said
Code (1966 Replacement Volume), title "Chancery," subtitle
"Adoption," and Sections 192, 195 and 198 of said Article, sub-
title "Trustee"; Section 164 of Article 23 of said Code (1966
Replacement Volume), title "Corporations," subtitle "Cemetery
Companies"; Section 18 of Article 27 of said Code (1967 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Bigamy";
Section 40 of Article 35 of said Code (1965 Replacement Volume),
title "Evidence," subtitle "Proof of Foreign Debts and Instru-
ments"; Section 24 of Article 36 of said Code (1965 Replacement
Volume and 1968 Cumulative Supplement), title "Fees of Officers,"
subtitle "Registers of Wills"; Section 1 of Article 67 of said Code
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Negligence Causing Death";
Section 15A of Article 75 of said Code (1965 Replacement Volume),
title "Pleadings, Practice and Process at Law," subtitle "Prac-
tice—Abatement and Revivor"; Sections 7 and 8 of Article 79 of
said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Releases and Re-
ceipts"; Section 2(6) of Article 81 of said Code (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Rules of Con-
struction"; Section 144 of said Article 81, subtitle "Tax on Com-
missions of Executors and Administrators"; and Sections 153 and
157 of said Article 81, subtitle "Inheritance Tax"; to add new
Section 199A to Article 16 of said Code (1966 Replacement Vol-
ume), title "Chancery," subtitle "Trustee," to follow immediately
after Section 199 thereof; to remove Section 44 of Article 93 of
said Code (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Testamentary Law,"
subtitle "Administration," from said Article 93 and to repeal and
re-enact said section, with amendments, and to add it to Article
16 of said Code (1966 Replacement Volume), title "Chancery,"
subtitle "Trustee," as Section 199B of said Article 16 to follow
immediately after Section 199A thereof; to add new Section 26A
to Article 19 of said Code (1966 Replacement Volume), title
"Comptroller," subtitle "In General," to follow immediately after
Section 26 thereof; recodifying, restating and revising the laws of
Maryland relating to the estates of deceased persons; including
all interests in real property within the probate estate; eliminating
the necessity for ancillary administration with respect to property
of deceased nonresidents; abolishing the estates of dower and
curtesy; providing for the probate of wills and appointment of
personal representatives by the Register of Wills in all except
unusual, statutorily enumerated situations; prohibiting judges
from serving as personal representatives or trustees except under
stated circumstances of relationship; abolishing various distinc-
tions between types of personal representatives; providing the
Register with authority to appoint standing appraisers and further
providing in certain situations for appraisal of estate assets by
persons other than appraisers appointed by the Registers; estab-
lishing 4 6 months from the date of a personal representative's
appointment as the period within which an interested person must
normally act to contest probate and appointment, and 4 6 months
from the date of the first published notice to creditors as the
period within which most creditors must file claims or institute
suit to preserve their claims against the personal representative,
heirs or legatees; requiring accounting and distribution within £ 8
months except upon order of court for good cause shown; providing
certain express powers for all personal representatives, subject to