Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1846-12-03

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Of the Court.
Sec. 8. Sections five and seventeen, of
the CHAPTER of which this is an alteration,
gre hereby repealed
Approved Oct. %, 184e
l6.-AN ACT in addition to chapter GO,
of the Revised Sthtutes, entitled OF the
partition and distribution Of Estates
II IS hereby enacted, &c.
Sec !. If, in case of inestes, after the
payment Of debts and charges of Admin
iSlration, there shall be no personal estate,
or not enough remaining in the hands of
the administration to MAINTAIN the minor
children under seven years of age, as now
provided by law, the Probate Court may,
upon application ofsuch Administrator,
and with the assent in writing, of all the
heirs, by themselves or guardians, rcsd-
ing in this State, by decree for that pur-
pose, authorize and empower su h
Administrator, to Sc at public au-
ton, or private sale, as he may find
necessary, so much of the lands of such
estate, rs will raise sum of money suf-
licent for the support of such minor chill
dren, till they shall arrive at the age of
seven years, which sum Of money, so rails
ed shall, under the order of the Probate
Court, be retained in the hands Of such
Administrator for the purpose aforesaid,
and partition Of the residue OF such estate
may be made in the same manner as now
provided by law.
Sec. 2. In making such sale Of lands
as is by this aat authorized, the Admin
istrator shall be sworn TO the faithful dis
charge of his trust, and the rules and re-
gulatIon so far as applicable, relative to
sales ofreal estate, by Executors and
Administrators, now by law established,
shall be observed.
Approved Nov. 2, 1916.
IAN ACT in addition to Chapter
sixly-ise of the Revised Statutes relating
10 sales of real estate of minors and In
sadie Persons.
1t is hcrcby enacted, &c.
Sec. !. On application to any Probate
Court for an order to sell the real estate
of any minor or insane person, lying with
in the Probate District of such Court,
whenever such sale shall be necessary for
support, or conducive to the interest Of
suce minor or insane person, such license
may be granted Notwithstanding the guard
ian making such application, or his ward
or both reside ont Of this State, under the
s;,,mc provisions and restrictions, as are
nroscr;n, I'd IN the said act, to which this is
an addition. ;,
Sec 9, The oath before sale may be ad-
mnistered to such guardian by any JUS
,ce of the Peace, who shall nave !ight,
by law, to administer oaths, and acer''hc'
ate from such Justice that suc'. oa'h mas
been administered, and the same being
lodged and filed before said Probate
Court, shall be as good and etiectual as il
such guardian were sworn before such
Probate Court, or before the Judge or
Register Of the same
Approved NOV. Q, 1916.
l8.-AN ACT in relation to the real
estate of Insane Persons, in ADDITION 10
Chapter "A, of the Revised Statutes.
his hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. /. In all cases where an insane
person, under guardianship, shall have
been, while sane, undea contract, binding
iu law or equity, TO deed any lands to an
other person, the Probate Court may, on
application for that purpose, grant license
to the guardian OF such insane person, tc
convey such lands, according to such con
tract and fthe contract shall have been,
to convey lands to the guardian, the Judge
of the Court of Probate having jurisdic-
ton of the same, shall execute the deed,
and the deed executed by such guardian
or Judge shall be as efectual to convey
such lands as if executed by the insane
person, when sane; provided:
Sec. 2. No Probate Court shall grant
license to deed the lands of an insane per-
son, as provided in the preceding section,
until notice of the application for that pur-
pose, shall be given TO all persons interes.
ted, under an order of such Court, ap-
pointing a time and place of bearing, and
published three weeks successfully, in
such newspaper as the Cour, shall drec,
previous to the time so appointed; nor il
it shall appear to the court on hearing
that the assets in the hands of the guard.
ian, will thereby be so reduced as TO pre-
vent any creditor from recovering hi:
whole debt or to diminish his div
dend.
Sec. 8, In all cases where an insan,
person, shall, while sane, have held lands
in trust for any other person, or wher
lands shall have been set off, on execution
to such insane person, on any debt in thu
name Of snch insane person, but being tn
proper debt of some other person, and no
belonging in anywise, to the insane per
son, the Probate Court may, after motto
given, as required by the preceding sec
ton, grant license to the guardian to dee
such lands to the person or persons, to
whose use and benefit they may be hole
en-; and the Probate Court may deere