340 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

and a ffreeholder in Every respective County within this
province to take the probatt of any Last will and Testament
of any persons Either nuncupative or in writing Even tho the

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same be Concerning Titles of Land and Likewise to grant
Adminisrn of the goods and Chattells of persons dying In-
testate in the respective County or Countys where each per-
son or persons soe appointed shall reside and Inhabit! which
said person in Each respective County of this province soe
appointed as afd shall and may take the proof of any will
whatsoever as afd of any person as afd within the County as
afd and grant Letters Testamty upon the same and likewise
grant Adminisrn to any person or persons whatsoever that
right has to the Administracon of the Estate of any person
deced within the County where he dwelleth as afd but if any
Contest or dispute shall arise between any persons Concerning
the right to Adminis'ns or Executorship the same shall be
decided by the Commissary Gen^ll or the Judge in Testa-
mentary Causes and not by such person appointed in Each
County as afd neither shall such person grant Adminisrn or
take the probat of such will till such time as such dispute or
Difference shall be decided and Determined by the proper
Judge thereof and Certificate from such Judge of such deter-
mination or Decision and such person soe Appointed as afd

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shall and is hereby Allowed as a ffee for granting such Letters
of Administration as afd swearing the Adminis" and Ap-
praisers or for the probatt of any will and Swearing the Exr
or Exrx appraisers and Letters Testamry the sume of one
hundred and fifty pounds of Tob^o to be Levyed by Execution
after the same Manner and under the same penalties directed
by the Act of Assembly of this province for Limittation of
Officers ffees against the person or persons requireing and
having Letters of Administration or Letters Testamentary as
afd Unless the Estate be soe Small as the Inventory of such
Estate doth not Amount unto ten pounds in Money there shall
be paid to such person soe Appointed for such Letters of
Administracon or Letters Testary as afd the sume of fifty pounds
of Tob^o to be Levyed as afd and no more and then and in
Every such Case the Comry shall have no ffees.
And be itt Enacted by the Authority afd by and with the
Advice and Consent afd that all Guardians of orphans that
shall have any reall Estates in Lands with the orphan or
orphans to whome the same belong Comitted to them other
then such to whome the Testator in his Life time by his Last
will and Testament hath otherwise ordered and Disposed of
within one month after taking upon him or her the Guardian-
ship of such Orphan or orphans shall with one Commissioner
of the said County where the Land lyeth and two other