1822 - Edocs

Executor 8tc.tweu<
ly-one years old.
Where the will
ahull be proven,
and where letters
be granted.
Bond Uken on lettcTa
granted.
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2. Be it further enacted, That, no person can act as executor
or administrator unless he be twenty-one years of
age or upwards.
4. Be it further enacted, That, if any testator or intestate
shall have a mansion house or known place of
abode in any county, his will shall he proven before, or
letters of administration granted by the circuit court of
such county in term time, or before the clerk of said
court in vacation, subject to the revision of the said
court; if he has no such place of residence and lands be
devised in the will, or the intestate be possessed of lands,
it shall be proved or administration granted in the coun-
ty wherein the lands lie, or one of them if they shall lie
in several counties. And if he has no such known place
of residence, and there be no lands devised, or the intestate
possessed of any lands, then the will may be proved
or administration granted in the county where he dies,
or where the greater part of the estate may be And if
he dies in no county of this Territory, and there be no
known estate in any county, administration may be granted
or his will proved in any county in this Territory.
5. Be itfurther enacted, That, the said court on granting
letters of administration to any person or persons of
the goods and chattels of persons living intestate, shall
take a bond with two or more sufficient securities, respect
being had to the value of the estate, in the name of
the Governor of the Territory or his successors in office
in the manner and form following, to wit; "The condition
of this obligation is such, that if the within hounden A.
B. administrator (or administratrix as the case may be,)
of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits
of C. D. deceased, do make or cause to be made a true
and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels,
rights and credits of the said deceased, which have
or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of
him the said A B. or into the hands and possession of
any person or persons for him, and the same so made do
exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the office of the circuit
court for the county of
at or before the day of
next ensuing, and the same goods, chattels, rights and
credits, and all other the goods, chattels, rights atul credits
of the said deceased, at the time ol' the death of the
said deceased, which at any time after shall come to the
hands or possession of the said A. B. or into the hands
or possession of any other person or persons for him, do
well and truly administer according to law; and further
make or cause to be made a true and just account of his
administration at or before the day of
and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels,
rights and credits, which shall be found remaining upon