ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844 . 57
Supreme Court.
condition of the said bond shall be to the following effect " That if the above bounden Condition of
bond.
"administrator of the goods, chattels, and effects of the deceased do make, or cause to
"be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, credits, and effects
"of the said deceased , which have, or shall come to the hands, possession , or knowledge
" of him the said administrator, or to the hands or possession of any other person or
"' persons for him, and the same, so made, do exhibit into the said Supreme Court of
" Hongkong, at or before a day therein to be specified ; and the same goods, chattels ,
"credits, and effects and all other the goods, chattels , credits , and effects of the deceased
"at the time of his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come to the hands or
"possession of such administrator, or to the hands or possession of any other person or
66' persons for him, shall well and truly administer according to law ; and further shall
"make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of his said administration , at or
"before a time therein to be specified, and afterwards from time to time as he, she, or
"they shall be lawfully required ; and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels ,
"credits, and effects which shall be found from time to time remaining upon the said
" administration account, the same being first examined and allowed of by the said
"Supreme Court of Hongkong, shall and do pay and dispose of in a due course of
"administration, or in such manner as the said Court shall direct, then this obligation
"to be void, and of none effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue ." And How bond to be
put in snit.
in case it shall be necessary to put the said bond in suit, for the sake of obtaining the
effect thereof for the benefit of such person or persons as shall appear to the said Court
to be interested therein , such person or persons from time to time giving satisfactory
security for paying all such costs as shall arise from the said suit, or any part thereof,
such person or persons shall, by order of the said Court, be allowed to sue the same in
the name of the Attorney General for the time being of the said Colony, and the said
bond shall not be sued in any other manner.
19. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said Supreme Court shall fix Court to fix
periods at which
certain periods when all persons to whom probates of wills and letters of administra accounts shall be
passed.
tion shall be granted by the said Court shall from time to time, until the effects ofthe
deceased persons shall be fully administered , pass their accounts relating thereto before
the said Court ; and in case the effects of the deceased shall not be fully administered
within the time for that purpose to be fixed by the said Court, then, or at any earlier
time if the said Court shall see fit so to direct, the person or persons to whom such
probate or administration shall be granted shall pay, deposit, and dispose of the balance
of money belonging to the estate of the deceased then in his, her, or their hands, and
all money which shall afterwards come into his, her, or their hands, and also all precious
stones, jewels, bonds, bills, and securities belonging to the estate of the deceased , in
such manner, and unto such persons, as the said Court shall direct, for safe custody ;
and the said Court shall from time to time make such order as shall be just for the due
administration of such assets, and for the payment or remittance thereof, or any part
thereof, as occasion shall require, to or for the use of any person or persons , whether
resident, or non resident in the said Colony and its dependencies who may be entitled