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to direct ;the, issue of such writs as may be appropriate to enforce the bonds
provided for by this Article.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 10. 1912, sec. 10. 1912, ch. 163. 1927, ch. 458, sec. 10. 1939,
ch. 182, sec. 10.

. 14. Upon the death of the father after the passage of the order, or
after having given the bond prescribed in Section 8, the Court may, upon
the suggestion of the death of the said father, summon the. personal repre-
sentative and heirs of the said father and where a bond or a recognizance
has been given, as prescribed by Sections 8 and 9, the sureties thereon, if
such parties be within the State, and the mother or other person having
charge of the said child, and upon proof being offered to the Court of the
amount of the estate of the said decedent father, and upon any other
points upon which the Court desires to hear testimony, the Court may, in
it's discretion, direct and order such sum or sums to be paid to the mother
or other person in charge of such child, for the maintenance and support
thereof out of the father's estate as may appear to the Court to be just
and proper. In no case, however, shall the mother or other person in
charge of said child receive more than $500 or more than one-half the
amount that each of his legitimate children, if any, would receive, or more
than one-half the amount the descendants, if any, of a deceased legitimate
child would receive as a class, if the father had died intestate. All money
paid or ordered to be paid under this section shall be charged as a debt
or debts against the estate of the said deceased father. Upon payment of
the sum or sums ordered to be paid by the Court under this section, if a
bond or recognizance has been given under Sections 8 or 9, the same shall
be cancelled and the sureties thereon discharged.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1912, sec. 11. 1912, ch. 163.

15. Prosecutions under this article may be commenced within two years
from the delivery of the mother of the bastard child, except that where the
person accused has made payments for the maintenance and support of the
said child, it shall be sufficient if the prosecution be started within two years
from the last payment by the accused for the maintenance and support of
the said bastard child.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 12. 1912, sec. 12. 1912, ch. 163. 1927, ch. 458, sec. 12.

16. Whenever any principal, surety or other person in interest, upon
competent testimony, makes it appear to the satisfaction of any Court in
which a bond or recognizance in any bastardy case is entered upon, that by
reason of the death of the child or by reason of the payment of all dues
arising under said bond or recognizance, or for any other reason, the bond
or recognizance should be discharged, the Court may make such order of
discharge, annulment or cancellation of the bond or recognizance, or such
other order as may be deemed appropriate by the Court to discharge the
obligors on the bond or recognizance.
See notes to sec. 2.