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(b)    Sale of property.—If, however, a majority in point of value
shall fail to appear on the appointed day, or appearing shall object
to the distribution suggested, or if the court shall deem a sale of any
part or all of such property more appropriate and advantageous, the
personal representative shall make such sale or sales and divide the
proceeds, together with any unsold property, as the court may direct.

(c)    Lack of knowledge as to interested persons.—In the event the
personal representative has reason to believe that there may be one
or more interested persons whose names or addresses are not known
to him, or if it is not known to him whether or not any interested
person is still surviving, he may appoint a meeting of all interested
persons to be held on such a day as the court may designate, provided
that he shall give notice to all interested persons known to him, and
shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county of his appointment once a week for three successive weeks,
stating the time, date, place and purpose of the meeting which shall
be held no sooner than twenty days after the first publication.
The personal representative shall also take such other steps and make
such other efforts to learn the names and/or addresses of such addi-
tional interested persons, if any, as the court may deem appropriate
under the circumstances and direct in its order fixing the date of the
meeting. On the date of such meeting, distribution of the net estate
shall be made under the court's direction and control, subject to
such adjournment as the court may deem proper, and distribution
made by the personal representative in accordance with the court's
direction at such meeting shall protect and indemnify the personal
representative acting in obedience to it.

10-101.

After the time has passed for presenting claims which arose prior
to the death of the decedent, a personal representative may petition
the Court for an order to close the estate and terminate his appoint-
ment as personal representative. After notice to all [interested
persons,] residuary legatees, if the decedent died testate, or heirs,
if the decedent died intestate, and to any creditors who have
presented their claims but not been paid in full and any legatees
whose legacies have not been paid in full and a hearing if re-
quested in writing filed with the Court within twenty days, the Court
may enter an appropriate order.

12-102.

(i) Section 11-107 shall apply to the estates of decedents dying
on or after [July 1, 1969] January 1, 1970. As to the estates of
decedents dying between October 1, 1964 and [June 30, 1969]
December 31,1969, the provisions of Chapter 918 of the Acts of 1965
shall apply.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the following Sections of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, as from time to time
replaced, amended, and supplemented, be and they are hereby re-
pealed: Section 5 of Article 46 of said Code (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Inheritance"; Section 162 of Article 81 of said Code
(1969 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle
"Inheritance Tax"; and Sections 9-109(b) and 9-110 of Article 93 of