The Arkansas banner., 1846-09-30
PrRuc--No. 5l.f

lPCRLIC--No. 54.t
 AN ACT supplementary to the act passed on the
 twea,ieth day of February, eighteen hundred and
 forty y-six. entitled aAn act to enlarge the powers
 of the several orphans esSsss Aeia ih sau VT ulF
 District oi Colamhia-n
 B, ,l saactsd sr tas Ssnsfe and HoEse of Rsprs- seatmses o the gaised Staiss of .isseeAia Coarsss asstmhEsd That every orphan cr other Iniant 70 whom the orphans courts of the Uistfietot C0sum- bia are aushogized and empowered by the aet to which this act is supplementary, nr by any otner law in force in the said District or n either couhty therefore 10 appoint guardian. slsAllbe entitled on arriving at the are Of fourteen yeaas og at any age between fourteen and twenty-one ysaIs. hoswtin- standing any appointment of guardian before made by such courts or either of them. to elect guar dian for himself or herself: pToF;1ed, The orphans court within whose jurisdiction may ee the person and residence of snch orphan. os any real personal or mixed so which such orphan is enfItled or where guardian had been duly appointed be. fere. the court bs which said former guardian had been appointed approve the character and eompe- teaey ofthe pefson % oelected guardian: 7aS prorid sd Such oruhans, court stzil and smay require oi the guzrizn 70 elected sueh security. and exercise towards him ali such jurisdiction and powers Tor coapelllng the faithful administration of his trust as are p,ogided in inc said act any oher tsw Tu force as aforesaid in the eases of guardians apPoh fed by the sala court sad if the said eonrt iu the dae exerrise of snch its farisaiction ard powers, shah see lt to sapeleeie and remove such gnaFdian. or if such guarsi-n die, or become iReonpefentdn- ring the nnorisy of sgeh ephsr ths said eonrt shall forthwith cite such orphan 10 appear and make a new election of guariian, which such orphan may do under the same conditions and stretons as are herein before prescribed in respect to the origaai election af aaian; and for the iRfervaI Of time be- tween the removal. death, or incompesenty of the first elected guardian and the new election of ano ther by such oFphan, and said court may.if I deem it expedeat appoint gsiarden d tssfn until such new election be made taking such security of such guas,Iisn ad iaierm, and exercising over hsn such jurisdiction and powers as are or may 5s required and given ia the cases of other guariianss aRd pro ri5ed fsrtksT That where guardian E to be snper. ceded by such election, he shall haye notice o the application by suninons or in writing.
 See g fad be q fsrfher eadrstd. That 1T any surety Of zaardian by petition to the coaEt before which he was bound. setting forth that be apprs- heaSs himself or herself to be in danger of snier- ing thereby. shall pray that be may be relieved the said court, afler summons to answer the petition shall have been served npon ihe guardian. or copy e saeh snmmons ir at the place cf hts usual abode, shall order hu to give counter security For the com pse indemnity of the original surety to deliver the was estate iat6 the hands of the surety. of some sther persoa in either of which cases il shall tase sesesss, security of the person iuto whose hands the wards estate shall hs delivered afsre said; and seeh coar; saAiI and may make such further and other orerior the relief she pstisionef as To fl small seem just.
 APPROVED, August 5, fsf6.