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case the commission issued out of the court of chancery — 1820,

ch. 191, sec. 22, .........

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Suit may be brought on office copies of the said bonds, by any person

interested, and the plea of non est factum not to be allowed in

such suit, unless verified by affidavit — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 22,

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Allowance to the commissioners, &c. to be paid by the parties accord-

ing to their respective interests — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 23,

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In cases of sale by the commissioners, and on payment of the purchase

money, the commissioners or the survivors of them, to execute a

conveyance of the same to the purchaser — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 24,

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Where the purchaser dies or assigns his interest before a conveyance is

made, the court may on application direct the commissioners to

execute and deliver the deed to the heir, devisee or assignee of the

purchaser — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 25, ......

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In case of the death, inability or removal out of the state of all the

commissioners, the court may appoint one or more commissioners

to execute a conveyance to the purchaser — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 26,

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Commissioners to lay off the widow's dower before they make partition

of the estate, and to make such location part of their return, but if

the widow consents to a sale, by writing filed in court, the estate

shall be sold free of dower, and the court shall award her a fair

proportion of the purchase money in lieu thereof — 1820, ch. 191,

sec. 27, ...........

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Where any heir of the intestate assigns his interest, the purchaser may

apply for a division of the estate in like manner as the heir could

have done — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 29, ......

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Where any person entitled to make an election, is absent out of the

county, the court shall cause notice of the return of the commis-

sioners to be published in some newspaper for the term of four

weeks, and appoint some day in the next term for the party to ap-

pear and make his election, and on his non-appearance the party

next entitled may elect— 1820, ch. 191. sec. 30, .

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If the person entitled to elect, be an idiot, &c. or otherwise incapable

of declaring his intention, the person next entitled shall make his

election in the same manner as if the first had refused — 1820, ch.

191, sec. 31, ..........

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Where an election has been made by any person entitled, or by the

husband in right of his wife, and the purchase money paid, the

commissioners shall execute a valid deed to the person electing —

1820, ch. 191, sec. 32, ........

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If the eldest male be not of age to make his election, the eldest female,

if of age, may elect, but no female under twenty-one years shall

have a right of election— 1820, ch. 191, sec. 33, .

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When any person is entitled as tenant by the curtesy, and the estate

will admit of division, the commissioners shall lay off the portion

of the tenant by the curtesy before they make partition, and such

location shall make part of their return — 1820, ch. 191, sec. 34, .

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When the estate is incapable of division and the parties refuse to make

an election the estate shall be sold free from the tenancy by the