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148 DIRECTIONS for
GUARDIANS.
orphans or heirs, when at age to possess the said
land or plantation; as also the orphan's maintainance
out of the same, where the profits of
personal estates be not sufficient to maintain
him or them; which valuation and report certified
under their hands and seals, and attested
by the said commissioner, shall be returned to,
and recorded as a testimony thereof, in the
county court, there to remain upon record until
the said orphan or heir come to age; which
certificate, so entered and remaining upon record
as aforesaid, is sufficient evidence in law
for the said orphan or orphans to recover double
damages in an action of waste, by them to be
brought when at age, for any waste, sale, or
destruction committed or done in any of the premises.
Quit-rents are considered to be allowed
in the above valuation, and are to be paid
by the guardian. 1715. chap. 39. § 30 and 22.
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