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or shall be entitled to the proceeds of any sales of property
in this State, or to any legacy, bequest or distributive share
of any personal property in the hands of any administrator
or guardian in this State, and such infant has a guardian
regularly appointed in the State, district or territory of the
United States in which such infant resides, such foreign guard-
ian may obtain an order from the proper court for the pay-
ment, transfer or delivery of such proceeds, legacy, bequest or
distributive share, upon the terms prescribed in the next succeed-
ing section.
197. The foreign guardian claiming under the preceding sec-
tion, shall state by petition that he is duly appointed guardian
to such infant -by the proper authority of the State, district or
territory where the infant resides, that he hath given good and
sufficient security for the faithful performance of his trust as
guardian, and that as guardian he there has the custody of
the person of such infant; and he shall set forth in such petition
the entire amount of personal property, including that in this
State, belonging to such infant, and also the income of the
real estate, if any, of such infant, which hath come or is likely
to come into the hands of such guardian; which petition shall be
accompanied by a copy duly authenticated of the record of his
appointment and qualification as such guardian, and of the bond
or other instrument or security so given as aforesaid.
198. The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of such
guardian, and the sufficiency of the security shall be proved by
the affidavit of the chief clerk or prothonatory of the court by
whom such security was taken, or by the affidavit of some other
disinterested and credible witness; and upon the court being
satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in such petition, and
of the sufficiency of such security, an order may pass for the
purposes mentioned in the preceding sections.
199. When proceeds of sales made under a decree of a court
of equity are claimed, the petition shall be presented to such
court; if money, or property, in the hands of a- trustee appointed
by will is claimed, the petition shall be presented to the Orphans'
Court of the county in which the trustee resides; if the money
or property claimed is in the hands of an executor, administrator
or guardian, the petition shall be presented to the Orphans'
Court of the county in which administration was granted, or in
which the gaardian gave bond
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