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

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deceased within the County where he Dwelleth as aforesaid
but if any Contest or dispute shall arise between any persons
Concerning the right to Adm^rcons or Executorship the same
shall be Divided by the Chancellor Comissary Generall or
Iudgein Testamentary Causesandnotby such person appointed
in each County as aforesaid neither shall Such person grant
Administration or take the Probate of Such Will till Such time
as Such dispute and difference shall be decided and Determined
by the Proper Iudge thereof and Certificate from Such Iudge
of the Same and Such person So appointed as aforesaid shall
and is hereby Allowed as a ffee for Granting Such Letters of
Adm^rcon as aforesaid Swearing the Administrator and Ap-
praisors as for the Probate of any Will and Swearing the
Executor or Executrix and Letters Testamentary the Sume of
one hundred and fifty pounds of Tobbacco to be paid by such
person or persons requireing Administracon or Letters Testa-
mentary as aforesaid unless the Estate be so Small as the Inven-
tary of Such Estate do not Amount to Two Thousand pounds
of Tobbacco as afores^d there shall be paid to such person So
appointed for Such Letters of Administration or Letters Tes-
tamentary as aforesaid the Sume of fifty pounds of Tobbacco
and no more and then and in every such Case the Comissary
Generall shall have no ffees Be it enacted by the Authority
aforesaid that all Guardians of Orphans that shall have any
reall Estate in Lands with the Orphan or Orphans to whom
the Same belongs Comitted to them other then such whom the
Testator in his life time by his Last Will and Testament hath
otherwise Ordered and disposed of within one Month after the
takeing upon him or her the Guardianship of Such Orphan or
Orphans shall with one Comissioner of the said County where
the land lyeth and two other persons of good repute and well

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Skilled in building & Plantacon Affairs neither of them being
of Kin Indebted or otherwise Interrested in ether Orphan or
Guardian Enter into the s^d Land Plantation to Such Orphan or
Orphans belonging and View the Dwelling houses and out
houses Lands Orchyards and fences that are upon the said
Plantation and then and there the s^d two persons So qualifyed
as aforesaid shall take their Corporall Oaths upon the holy
Evangelists by the said Comissioner to be Administered that
according to the best of their Skill & Judgments they will
make a Just Estimate of the Annuall Value of the Said Lands
and Plantation and what Dwelling houses out houses and
Orchyards are upon the Same and what repaire they are in
and what part of the Said Land they Judge the said Guardian
may be further permitted to Clear upon the Said Plantation
as well to raise the Yearly Rent so Valued as aforesaid as also
Towards his Yearly Charge in keeping the said Dwelling