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its discretion, deem such father or mother a fit and proper per-
son to be so appointed.

147. The court shall have power to have brought before them
any infant, for the purpose of appointing a guardian.

148. The appointment of a guardian by a mother of an infant
by last will and testament, shall be as valid in every respect and
to all intents and purposes, as if such appointment had been
made by the father of such infant, by will; Provided, such mother
be capable in law to execute a last will and testament.

149. In all cases where there has been an appointment of a
guardian of a female above the age of eighteen years, by last
will and testament, and the person so appointed shall have died ~
or renounced or refused to act, the Orphans' Court of the county
in which the said will shall have been proved, may appoint a
guardian in the place of the person so doing, renouncing or
refusing to act; and the person so appointed shall give bond in
the same manner as guardians appointed for infants under age,
and shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be
entitled and bound to perform them for the same length of time,
or up to such period as the person appointed by the will, if he
had lived and taken upon him the trust reposed in him by the
will, and shall be bound to render and settle an account of his
guardianship or trust, to the Orphans' Court, in the same manner
and at the same time as other guardians of infants appointed by
the Orphans' Court are required by law.

150. When a guardian shall be appointed by the Orphans'
Court in this State, or by last will and testament, agreeably to
law, such guardianship shall extend to all the property of the
infant within this State, or which may be obtained by such guard-
ian out of the State, by virtue of such appointment or guardian-
ship

151. Whenever any person shall die seized or possessed of any
lands, tenements, or hereditaments lying within this State, and any
of the persons entitled thereto or any part thereof, shall be under
age, and without a guardian appointed by last will and testament,
or by the Orphans' Court, the administrator of the decedent, as
soon as administration shall be committed to him, and not before,
shall take possession of such estate, and discharge and fulfil all
the duties of guardian to such infant, and shall account with the