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146 DIRECTIONS for
GUARDIANS.
2. Cap. 24. any father of full age or under, may
by deed, or will, dispose of the custody of his
child born, or unborn, to any person except a
popish recusant; either in possession, or reversion,
'till the child attains the age of twenty-one.
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Guardians appointed under our particular laws--
On which head I shall be more particular.
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Orphans, under our acts of assembly, entitled
to any part of an intestate's estate, shall appear
in court, and if fourteen years of age shall
chuse, and if under that age, the court will appoint,
a guardian, in whose hands such part of
the estate will be committed, under the following
conditions and restrictions; to wit.
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Such guardian must enter into bond, with
two sufficient sureties, for securing and delivering
such estate to the orphans when at age;
that is, males at twenty-one and females at
sixteen years, or day of marriage; whereupon
the court makes an order to the executor or administrator,
for the delivery of such orphan's
estate into the hands of such guardian. And no
executor or administrator ought to deliver up
such estate to any guardian, so chose or appointed,
until such guardian have produced a |
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