Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-08

does not exceed the sum of one
thousand dollars.
2. The said rock crusher. when
so purchased, shall be the property
of the respective district for which
lr was purchased, and shall be used
exclusively on the public roads of
that district.
3. The board of supervisors of
the said county of Clarke shall
include in the annual levy next
following the purchase of a rock
crusher rs above authorized, upon
the property and lawful subjects
of taxation in the said county. a
a part of the county levy. sum
and tax sufficient to defray the
cost of such purchase.
+. The said board of supervisors
shall equalize as faras possible and
practicable their levy to meet
expenditures under this act. 80 q,
to make each district pay for it,
respective purchase Of rock
crusher as above authorized.
>. 1t shall be discretionary with
each of the road boards in the rc-
spectivc districts of said county.
whether they will take advantage
of the power conferred under thi,
act.
6. This act shall he i'm force
from its passage.
\ bill to regulate the probate of
wills. the appointment of APP
praisers of the estates of deco
dents. and the appointment and
qualification of personal repre-
SentatlveS. guardians. curators.
committees. by the clerks of cir
cult courts.
1. BE it enacted 10y the General
Assembly of Virginia. That the
clerk of any circuit court of any
county may appoint appraisers of
estates of decedentS. admit wills To
record. appoint and qualify cxccu-
tors. administrators. guardians.
curatorS. and committees. and re-
quire and take from them the nee
esSary bonds in the same manner
and with like effect a. the said
circuit court could do If in session.
Such powers and duties may be
exercised and discharged as we'll
during the sessions of the circuit
court a at other times.
,. Such clerk shall also have like
jurisdiction a. the court in session
over all matters relating TO the set
Element of accounts of said fiducia-
rieS. and may make orders for the
proper payment of moneys upon
the confirmation of said settlements.
and remove said fiduciarieS and ac-
cept designations. and generally do
all matters in relation Ia such sub
jects aS the court in session migbt
do. Procedure before the clerk
shall conform aS near a. may be 10
the procedure before the court in
session.
,. Such clerk shall keep an order
book in which shall be entered all
orders made 10y him respecting the
subjects aforesaid. ANY person
interested may, within one wear
after the entering of such an order.
appeal therefrom to the circuit
court of the county. Upon appli-
cation being made for such appeal.
the said clerk shall enter forthwith
in his order book an order allowing
such appeal, and docket the same
a 4 preferred cause for trial at the
next term of the circuit court
The circuit court. At any term.
shall hear and determine the
matter a. though it had been pre-
scented to the said circuit court in
the first instance. and shall cause 4
copy of the order on the order
book of the court embracing its
final action to be copied by the
clerk into his order book. Atany
time after such appeal is allowed
the said circuit court, or the Judge
thereof IN vacation, may make any
such order for the protection of
the parties Interested, or for the
protection or preservation of any
property involved, aS might have
been made had the matter been
originally presented to the court.
or aS may seem needful.
t. This act shall bc i'm force ON
and after the first day of February.
nineteen hundred and four.
The Mann bill has been favorably
reported in Conference of the Joint
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