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evading such demand, or refusing or neglecting to deliver accord-
ing to such demand, made at a reasonable time and place, either
the court may proceed against him by attachment and impose a
fine not exceeding ten per cent, on the amount of property
in his hands, or his bond may be sued by the executor or admi-
nistrator.

ADMINISTRATION DURANTE MINOHITATE.

67. Administration durante minoritate of an executor may
be granted by the Orphans' Court of the county wherein letters
testamentary should be granted, and such administration shall
last until the executor shall attain to the age of eighteen years.

ADMINISTRATION PENDENTE LITE.

68. In all cases where the validity of a will is or shall be con-
tested, letters of administration pending such contest may, at the
discretion of the Orphans' Court, be granted to the person named
executor, or to the person to whom the largest portion of the
personal estate may be bequeathed in such contested will, or to
the person who would be entitled to letters of administration by
law, as in cases of intestacy.

69. .In all cases where administration durante minoritate, or
pendente lite, shall be granted, the grant of letters testamentary,
or of administration, shall operate as a revocation of such admi-
nistration durante minoritate, or pendente lite. And upon such
revocation, it shall be the duty of every administrator durante
minoritate, or pendente lite, to exhibit to the Orphans' Court
their accounts without delay, and to deliver to the executor or
administrator, on demand, all the goods, chattels, and personal
estate in their possession belonging to the decedent; and on
failure, their bonds shall be liable to be put in suit by the exe-
cutor or administrator; but all suits pending by or against any
such administrator, may be prosecuted or defended by the exe-
cutor or administrator appointed to succeed them, in the same
manner as hereinbefore provided where letters of administration
have been revoked by the production of a will, and the grant of
letters testamentary.

ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON.

70. If an executor or administrator shall die before adminis-
tration is completed, letters de bonis non, or de bonis non cum
testamento annexe, may be granted at the discretion of the