1048                               Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 460

Retirement System shall be responsible for the management and
investments of the funds and the administration of the pension
system PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION. An amount equal
to the judges' contributions made under this subsection prior to the
effective date of this Act shall be credited by the State Treasurer to
the appropriate fund of the Employees' Retirement System.

(8) AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION THE TERM "INITIAL
APPOINTMENT" MEANS THE FIRST APPOINTMENT AS A
JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, COURT OF SPECIAL
APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT OR SUPREME BENCH, AND
SHALL NOT APPLY TO A JUDGE WHO RECEIVES A SUBSE-
QUENT APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT TO ANY OF
THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS. THE TERM "INITIALLY
ELECTED" MEANS A PERSON WHO FIRST BECOMES A
JUDGE OF ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS BY BE-
ING ELECTED TO THE OFFICE.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 28, 1970

CHAPTER 460
(House Bill 118)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7-401 of
Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1969 Replacement
Volume), title "Decedents' Estate," subtitle "Settlement of the
Estate," subheading "Power of Personal Representative," amend-
ing the probate laws in order to change the amount of funeral
expenses which may be recovered by a personal representative
against a tortfeasor for a wrong which resulted in the death of the
decedent.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 7-401 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1969 Replacement Volume), title "Decedents' Estate," subtitle
"Settlement of the Estate," subheading "Power of Personal Repre-
sentative," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

7-401.

A personal representative, in the performance of his duties pur-
suant to Sec. 7-101, may exercise any power or authority conferred
upon him in the will, without application to, the approval of, or
ratification by the court. Except as otherwise validly limited by the
will or by an order of court a personal representative may, in ad-
dition to any power or authority contained in the will and to any
other common law or statutory power, properly:

(a) Retain assets owned by the decedent pending distribution
or liquidation, including those in which the representative is per-