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20 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .


General for the Time being of the said Colony, and the said Bond
shall not be sued in any other Manner.

Court to fix Periods XX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the said
at which Accounts
shall be passed. Supreme Court shall fix certain Periods when all Persons to whom
Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration shall be granted by
the said Court shall from Time to Time, until the Effects of the
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 thereto,
or any Part thereof, as Creditors, Legatees, or Next of Kin, or by any
other Right or Title whatsoever.

Allowances to be XXI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall and
made to Executors or
Administrators. may be lawful for the said Supreme Court to allow to any Executor
or Administrator of the Effects of any Deceased Person (except as
herein mentioned) such Commission or Per Centage out of their
Assets as shall be just and reasonable for their Pains and Trouble
therein Provided always, that no Allowance whatever shall be made
for the Pains and Trouble of any Executor or Administrator who
shall neglect to pass his Accounts at such Time, or to dispose of any
Money, Goods, Chattels, or Securities with which he shall be charge-
able, in such Manner as, in pursuance of any general or special Rule
or Order of the said Court, shall be requisite ; and moreover, every
such Executor or Administrator so neglecting to pass his Accounts,
or to dispose of any such Money, Goods, Chattels, or Securities with
which he shall be chargeable, shall be charged with Interest at the
Rate then current within the said Colony and its Dependencies, for
such Sum and Sums of Money as from Time to Time shall have been
in his Hands, whether he shall or shall not make Interest thereof.


Payment of Money XXII. And be it further enacted and ordained : That where
into Treasury.
Letters of Administration or " ad colligenda bona” have been granted
to the Registrar under an Act of Parliament passed at a Session
39 & 40 Geo. 3, c.
79. s. 21. holden in the 30th & 40th Years of the Reign of King George the
Third, intituled An Act for establishing further Regulations for the
Government of the British Territories in India, and the better Adminis-
tration of Justice within the same, or otherwise as Registrar, he shall,
within Fourteen Days after receiving any Money belonging to any
Estate to the Amount of One Hundred Dollars, clear of all just
Allowances and Deductions for Commission, pay the same into the
Hands