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abandoned funds.

For the     purposes of this Act, funds are encumbered

when a project   is approved for a grant under this program

for a specific   amount by actions of the Board of Public
Works.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
portion (word, sentence, paragraph, proviso or section)
of this act shall be held invalid for any reason, the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect, and such invalid portion shall be considered
severed and deleted from this Act.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1974.

Approved Hay 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 649
(Senate Bill 765)
AN ACT concerning

Estates and Trusts — Small Estates

FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum amount of a
decedent's estate to come under a small estate
administration.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Estates and Trusts

[[Section]] Sections 5-601 and 5-605

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter 11 (S.B. 133) of the Regular

Session of the 1974 General Assembly)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That [[Section]] Sections 5-601 and 5-605 of
Article — Estates and Trusts, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (As enacted by Chapter 11 (S.B. 133) of the
Regular Session of the 1974 General Assembly) be and [[it
is]] they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows: