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some other Charitable person will maintain them for the
increase of the small Estate they have without any dimunition
of the principall which shall allways be delivered to the orphans
at 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 injoyn'd
and to be ascertain'd by the County Courts.
Provided allways that no orphan shall be put into the hands
of any person of Different Judgment in religion to that of the
Deceased parents of the said orphans.
3 That all Cattle horses and Sheep shall be return'd in kind
by the Guardian or other persons intrusted with orphans
Estates (that is to say) so many Cattle horses and Sheep as
were delivered to the Guardians or Trustees of the Orphans.
4 That all mony plate rings and lewells 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 Houshold
Stuff and Lumber be appraised in mony and not otherwise
and the value thereof paid to the orphans as aforesaid, either
in mony Sterling according to the Appraisment or in Tobacco
at the then price currant and in Case any difference shall arise
what shall be the price currant at the day of payment limitted
in the bond taken, the Justices of the County Court where the
Orphans Estate doth lye shall then determine what shall be
the price currant.
5 That every Male orphan shall be of full age to receive his
Estate from his guardian at the age of twenty one years and
not before but in case any person by his last will and Testa-
ment doth appoint any person to be his Executor or executrix
that is full Seventeen years of age that person so appointed

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shall be adjudged to be of Sufficient age to be Executor or
Executrix and if such Executor or Executrix be under the age
of Seventeen years the Administration shall then be comitted
to such other person as the Judge for probatt of wills and
granting Administrations shall approve of durante Minoritate
and so to the Profitt use and behoof of the Infant Executor or
Executrix and not otherwise nor in any other Manner And for
as much as the right to Administration of the goods of persons
intestate may fall upon persons under the age of Seventeen
years It is hereby declared that as they are within like reason
so are within like law with Infant Executors.
6 That every female orphan shall be accounted of full age to
receive her Estate at the age of Sixteen years or day of Mar-
riage which shall first happen
7 That all Negroes and other Slaves after the Transmitting
the Estate to the County Courts as aforesaid shall be praised
to the Guardian or Trustees and be preserved by them and be

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