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miniatration in all cases shall extend to all the personal property
of the decedent within the State.

16. It shall be incumbent on the person applying for adminis-
tration, to prove such dying intestate to the satisfaction of the
court, unless the same be notorious; and the court may examine
such person on oath touching the time, place and manner of the
death, and whether or not the party dying left any will; and if
such dying intestate be not proved to the satisfaction of the
court, no administration shall be granted. No such administra-
tion shall be granted until at least twenty days after the death
of the supposed intestate, and at least seven days after applica-
tion therefor.

17. The qualifications of an administrator shall, in all respects,

be the same as herein prescribed for an executor, and all questions

touching such qualifications shall be tried and determined by the

same proofs and in like manner.

18. If the intestate leave a widow and a child, or children, ad-
ministration at the discretion of the court shall be granted either
to the widow or child, or one of the children.

19. If there be a widow and no child, the widow shall be pre-
ferred, and next to the widow or children, a grandchild shall be
preferred.

20. If there be neither widow nor child, nor grandchild, the

father shall be preferred.

21. If there be neither widow nor child, nor grandchild, nor
father, brothers and sisters shall be preferred, and next to bro-
thers and sisters, the mother shall be preferred.

22. If there be neither widow, nor child, nor grandchild, nor
father, nor brother, nor sister, nor mother, the next of kin shall
be preferred.

23. Males shall be preferred to females in equal degree of kin.

24. Relations of the whole blood shall be preferred to those
of the half-blood in equal degree, and relations of the half-blood
shall be preferred to relations of the whole blood in a remoter
degree.