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to attachment and fine as aforesaid; but he shall not be liable to
any fine in a court of law.
181. No Register of Wills shall, ex officio, issue any citation to
any guardian for the rendering of an account where the annual
income or profits of the estate of the ward shall not exceed fifty
dollars.
182. In case of the death of any guardian before an account
of his guardianship shall have been settled with the Orphans'
Court, it shall be the duty of his administrator to render such
account, showing thereby the amount with which such guardian
may be properly chargeable, and the disbursements made by the
deceased guardian; and the account so rendered shall be exa-
mined by the court, and if found to be correct shall be admitted
to record, in the same manner that other guardian accounts are
examined and recorded.
183. In case of the death of any female guardian, before a
final account of her guardianship shall have been settled with
the Orphans' Court, and who shall have a husband living at the
time of her decease, it shall be the duty of such husband to
render an account showing thereby the amount of money and
property received, and the payments and disbursements made
by such guardian, or that may have been received and paid by
the husband, and not accounted for with the court; and the
account so rendered shall be examined by the Orphans' Court,
and if found to be correct, shall be admitted to record in the
same manner, and shall be subject to the same rules and regula-
tions, as other guardian accounts.
184. If the husband shall neglect or refuse to render such
account, the Orphans' Court of the county where the guardian
was appointed (or if it be the case of a testamentary guardian,
where he or she is obliged to render an account,) shall proceed
against him by attachment, and may commit such husband until
he shall render an account as aforesaid.
185. Every natural guardian, or guardian appointed by last
will and testament of the estate and property of minors, shall
settle an account of his guardianship, and shall be under the
like rules and regulations hereinbefore prescribed for other
guardians.
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