326 Assembly Proceedings, October 1671.

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appointed overseers for his Estate if any such be and in de-
fault of appointing such Overseers then administracon shall be
granted to the wife of the Intestate if shee be Liveing if not
liveing then to the next of the blood of the person soe dyeing
Intestate who shall enter into bond with sufficient securities
such as the Judge for probate of wills' and granting adminis-
tracons shall approue of well and truely to administer of the
Estate of the said person soe dyeing Intestate and thereof to
make a true and perfect Inventory and appraysement of all
and singular the goods and Chatties Rights and Creditts be-
longing to the said person soe dyeing intestate att the time of
the Intestates death and deliver the same to be Recorded into
the Secretaryes office under the hands of sworne appraysors for
that purpose to be by the said Judge appointed att a Certain
time by the said Judge to be Limitted and alsoe to give a true
and perfect accompt of the said Estate soe by him administred
of unto the Judge within twelve moneths next after the ob-
teyning the said Administracon And if the said Administrator
shall faile to give an accompt within the time aforesaid being
by the said Judge thereunto summoned That then the said
Judge shall grant administracon anew to some other person as
in his discretion he shall thinke fitt and Revoke the former
administracon which said person of new appointed shall putt in
security as is aforesaid to Execute and doe all things as is be-
fore in this Act Required and appointed and may sue and
Implead the former administrator for an account of the Estate
and in case of wasteing or Imbezelling the said Estate by the
former administrators That then the said Judge to assigne over
the bond Entered into by the former administrators and his
security vnto the new administrators To be Releived against
them for such wasting and Tmbezelment And alsoe that the
said Judge vpon the accompt given by the said administrators
as aforesaid shall make division of the Overplus of the Estate
after debts paid and funerall Expences defrayed allowing to the
wife of the Intestate if shee be then liveing one third part
thereof and the Rest is to be divided amongst the Children
if he haue any then liveing and in case he haue noe Children
then to the next of the blood of the deceased Intestate and
after such division and Apportionment of the said Overplus of
the said Estate by the said Judge as aforesaid made That then
the said Judge shall Transmitt the same to the Justices of the
severall & Respective County Courts who are by this Act
appointed Authorized and Enjoyned to take Care and see to
the preseruacon of the said Orphants Estate according to the
Rules and directions hereafter by this Act prescribed Estab-
lished and ordeined and not otherwise and that these following
Rules shall be Rules not onely for the Judge for probate of