536 Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699.

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if the Estate be so Small that it will not Extend to a free Edu-
cation of Such Orphans shall be bound Apprentices to Some
handy Craft Trade or other person att the discretion of the
County Courts untill they Arrive to the age of Twenty one
Years Except some Kinsman or relation or Some other Char-
itable persons will Maintaine them for the encrease of the
Small Estate they have without any Dimunition of the Princi-

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pall which shall allways be delivered to the Orphans att the
Years hereafter in this Act Limitted and appointed then such
Kinsman relation or other Charitable person is thereby obliged
to performe the Same as is by this Law before Enjoyned and
to be Ascerteined by the County Courts Provided allways that
no Orphan shall be putt into the hands of any person of differ-
rent Iudgement in Religion to that of the deceased parents of
the said Orphans. That all Cattle horses and Sheep shall be
returned in kind by the Guardians or other persons intrusted
with Orphans Estates (that is to say) So many Cattle horses
and Sheep were of att the time they were delivered to the
Guardians or Trustees of the Orphans, That all money, Plate,
Rings and Iewells be Preserved and not used by the Guardians
or Trustees and delivered in Kind to the Orphans when they
Come to age and that all househould Stuffe and Lumber be
appraised in money and not otherwise and the Value thereof
paid by the Guardians unto the Orphans as aforesaid either in
money Sterl according to the Appraisment or in Tobbacco att
the then Price Currant and in Case any difference shall Arise
what shall be the Price Currant att the day of payment in the
Bond taken Limitted by the Justices of the County Court
where the Orphans Estates doth lye shall then Determine what
shall be the Price Currant. That every Male Orphan shall be
of full Age to Receive his Estate from his Guardian att the age
of Twenty one Years and not before but in Case any person
by his Last Will & Testament do appoint any person to be his
Executor or Executrix that is full Seaventeen Years of Age
that person So appointed shall be adjudged to be of Sufficient
Age to be Administrator or Executor or Executrix and if such
Executor or Ex^rs be under the Age of Seaventeen Years the

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Adm^rcon shall then be Comitted to such other persons
as the s^d Judge for Probat of Wills and Granting Adm^rcons
shall approve of Durante minoritate and so to the profitt
use and behooff of the Infant Ex^r or Executrix and not
otherwise nor in any other manner and and forasmuch
as the Right to Administration of the Goods of persons
Intestate may fall upon persons under the Age of Seaven-
teen Years it is hereby declared that as they are within
like reason so they are within Like Law with Infant Exec-
utors. That every Female Orphan shall be Accounted of