1722                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 786

and "Part 4, Judicial Probate"; Sections 6-102(a), 6-104, and 6-306
(b), subtitle "Subtitle VI, The Personal Representative," subhead-
ings "Part 1, Appointment and Issuance of Letters: Accrual of
Duties and Powers," and "Part 3, Suspension and Termination of
Powers"; Sections 7-103, 7-104, 7-204, 7-302, 7-303, 7-305, 7-401,
7-501 and 7-502, subtitle "Subtitle VII, Administration of the Es-
tate," subheadings "Part 1, Duties of Personal Representative;
Notice of Appointment to Heirs, Legatees and Creditors," "Part
2, Inventory and Appraisal," "Part 3, Accounting," "Part 4, Powers
of Personal Representative," and "Part 5, Notice to Interested
Persons of Matters Filed in the Proceeding"; Sections 8-102,
8-103(a), 8-106, 8-108(a), 8-110, and 8-112, subtitle "Subtitle VIII,
Creditors' Claims"; Sections 9-101 and 9-109, subtitle "Subtitle IX,
Special Provisions relating to Distribution"; Sections 10-101, 10-
103, and 10-105, subtitle "Subtitle X, Closing Estates"; to add new
Section 7-105 to said Article 93, subtitle "Subtitle VII, Administra-
tion of the Estate," subheading "Part 1, Duties of Personal Repre-
sentatives; Notice of Appointment to Heirs, Legatees and Credi-
tors," to follow immediately after Section 7-104 thereof; to repeal
Section 5-405 of said Article 93, subtitle "Subtitle V, Opening the
Estate," subheading "Part 4, Judicial Probate"; to repeal Section
35 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Re-
placement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Assessors
and Discovery of Taxable Property"; to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 155 of said Article 81, subtitle "Inheritance
Tax"; and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 164
of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume), title "Corporations," subtitle "Cemetery Companies," to
change or clarify certain provisions of the laws relating to dece-
dent's estate and testamentary law, as enacted by Chapter 3 of the
Laws of Maryland of 1969, or as amended by Chapter 600 of the
Laws of Maryland of 1970, including a change in the time within
which creditors must file claims and in the time within which ex-
ceptions to an account must be filed, changes in the procedure for
closing an estate, the repeal of an obsolete provision dealing with
the duties of the registers of wills concerning assessable real
property, providing that the information report may be verified
and that unless the decedent's will specifically provides otherwise,
or the decedent had disposed of his interest therein while alive, a
decedent's interest in a burial lot, except if held for investment,
shall pass to his heirs and need not be inventoried, and relating
generally to the administration of decedents' estates and testa-
mentary law.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the following Sections 1-101(f) and 1-103, subtitle "Subtitle I,
General Provisions," subheading "Part 1, Definitions and Use of
Terms"; Section 2-210(c), subtitle "Subtitle II, The Court," subhead-
ing "Part 2. The Register of Wills"; Sections 5-201, 5-202, 5-204,
5-206, 5-207(a), 5-403(a), 5-404, and 5-406, subtitle "Subtitle V,
Opening the Estate," subheadings "Part 2, Commencement of Pro-
ceeding," and "Part 4, Judicial Probate"; Sections 6-102(a), 6-104,
and 6-306(b), subtitle "Subtitle VI, The Personal Representative,"
subheadings "Part 1, Appointment and Issuance of Letters: Accrual
of Duties and Powers," and "Part 3, Suspension and Termination of
Powers"; Sections 7-103, 7-104, 7-204, 7-303, 7-305, 7-401, 7-501 and