State journal & flag., 1846-10-02
PuBLIC.-No. 8.

AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the severa
 Orphans Courts held in and for the District
 of Columbia
 SEC. l.. Be t enacted 6y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress m,led, That the several Orphans Courts held in and for the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint guardian or guardians to any and every infant orphan who may now or hereafter be entitled or have right or claim to any property, real, per sonal, or mixed, within, or whose person and residence may be within, the jurisdiction of said court, except when said orphan may have tes- tamentary guardian and shall require of said guardians so appointed, and of testamentary guardians, unless directed otherwise by the will appointing them, bond, with good and suf- fcient surety, as now required by law. And when. any infant, whose father may be living, shall, by gift or otherwise, be entitled to any property separate from the father, it shall and may be lawful for said courts to compel the fa- ther, as natural guardian, to give bond and se- curity to account for said property, and to com. pei him to account, as guardians in other cases 1; and if he shall fail or refuse to give such bond, or, at his request, said courts shall have power to appoint a special guardian to take charge of said property, who shall give bond and security as in other cases, but with condition to suit the case.
 SEC. 2. find De n further enacted, That in all cases where any of said courts have heretofore appointed, or may hereafter appoint, guardian or guardians, or taken bond, or may hereafter take bond, from any guardian or guardians, and shall at any time have good cause to believe that the interest of the ward or wards may re- quire it, said court shall have power and author. ity tO compel said guardian or guardians to give additional .pb,er or further security, in such tune as sad court may direct and upon his failure to coInp.y with the order of court di- rectins sucs security, said court shall have pow CT and authority, and 1t shall be their duty to dismiss sad guardian from office, and appoint another in his stead, and order the estate of the ward to be forthwith delivered to the newly ap. pointed guardian and shall have power. by fine and imprisonment, O. any legal process, to com pei and enforce cOmpllance with such order, or may, where l; can he SC donr. order their marshal to take possession of and deliver the property: Prouided, hooeper, r hat no order shall be made directing guardian to give new security until he shall have been duly summon ed to show cause against, or have had ten days notice in writing of the intended application.
 SEC. 3. And De h further enacied, That in all cases where any of said courts have heretofore appointed or may hereafter appoint an admins. trator or administrators, or have teken or may take bond from any executor or executors to any last will and testament, and shall at any time become satisfied that the security is insuf. fcent by reason of the removal or insolvency of the suretes in the bond, or any of them, or by reason of the penalty of the bond being too small, or from any other cause whatever, it shall and may be lawful for the said court 10 or der and require the sad administrator or admins istfators, executor or executors, to give addition al other or further security, and to remove such administrator or administrators, executor or ex- ecutors, if they shall fail or refuse to comply with such order, and appoint an admin istrator or administrators in his or their stead, and shall further have power to order and require any assets or estate of the decedent, which may re. main unadministered, to be delivered to said newly appointed administrator or administra- tors de borfs nor, and to enforce compliance with such order by fine and attachment, or any other legal process: Provided, houerer, That said administrator or administrators, executor or executors, shall first be summoned to show cause against such orders, or have ten days no tice. in writing. of the intended application.
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers herein granted to said courts, by the foregoing sections of this act may be exercised by said courts e c1icio or on the application of any che interesta,
 Ssc. -1nS be n further enne,ed, That thl. act sbai be in fsca fto,n and after it's p,ssaye
 Approved. February 2O. ls46. q