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in the protestant religion and to order such reasonable Main-
tainance for such Child or Children soe removed out of the
Estate or Estates belonging to such Child or Children in
whose hands soever having respect that only the yearly
profitts and Increase thereof be applyed thereto and such
Childrens Estates be not Diminished thereby.
Thirdly — 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 soe Many Cattle horses and

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sheep as were delivered to the Guardians or Trustees of the
Orphans and as near as Can be of Like Value.
Fourth that all money plate rings and Jewells be preserved
and not used by the Guardians or Trustees and Delivered to
the orphans when they Come to Age and that all household
Stuff and Lumber be Appraised in Money and not Otherwise
and the Value thereof paid to the orphans as afd Either in
Money According to the Appraisemt or in Tobacco att the then
price Current and in Case any Difference shall Arise what
shall be price Currt att the day of payment Limitted in the
bond taken the Justices in the County Court where the
Orphans Estate doth Lye shall then determine what shall be
the price Currt
Fifth, 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 and Testament doth Appoint any person to be his Execu'
or Execurx that is full Seventeen years of age that person soe
Appointed shall be Adjudged to be of Sufficient age to be
Executor or Exrx And if such Extr or Exrx be under the age
of Seventeen years the Administracon shall then be Comitted
to such proper person as the Judge for probatt of Wills and

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granting Adminisrns shall Legally approve of Durante Mino-
ritate to the profitt use and behoofe of the Infant Exrs or Exrs
and not otherwise nor in any other Manner. And forasmuch
as the right to Adminisrn 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 soe they
are within Like Law with Infant Extrs.
Sixth, that Every female orphan shall be Accounted of full
age to receive her Estate att the age of Sixteen years or day
of Marriage which shall first happen
Seventh, that all Negroes and other Slaves after the trans-
mitting of the Estate to the County Courts as afd shall be
appraised to the Guardians or Trustees and preserved by
them and be Imployed to the said Guardians or Trustees use
and benefitt and the like number of Slaves and of the Like

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