456

SETTLEMENT OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES. [ART. 50.

peace or judge of an Orphans' Court within two calendar months
from the time of the discovery.

Id s 214
1798, c 101,
sub-c 6, s 11
Administrator
may receive in-
ventory return-
ed by collector
as his own

134. In case an inventory he returned by a collector duly ap-
pointed, the administrator thereafter administering shall, within
three months after the date of the letters, either return a new inven-
tory in place of the collector's inventory, or an acknowledgment in
writing that he has received from the collector the articles contained
in the first inventory, or consent to be answerable for the same as if
the said inventory had been made out after his administering upon
the estate; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to ren-
der an administrator answerable for not making a return of the in-
ventory aforesaid wherein it shall appear to the court that he has
been prevented from making such return by the improper detention
of the goods of the deceased by the collector.

Id. s 215
1798, 1 101,
sub-c 6, s 13
Proceedings to
compel return
of inventory

135. If an executor or administrator shall not, within three
months after the date of his letters, exhibit to the Orphans' Court
an inventory as aforesaid, a summons returnable within not less
than eight or more than thirty days, may, ex officio, or on the appli-
cation of a person interested, be issued against such administrator,
to show cause wherefore such inventory hath not been exhibited;
and if the summons be duly returned, "summoned, " or upon two
citations returned "non est" by the sheriff of the county wherein
the party resided at the time of obtaining his letters, or of the
county wherein the letters were obtained, in case the party doth not
reside in the State, and if he doth not appear at the return of the
summons, or appearing, shall not show cause satisfactory, the court
may immediately enter on its proceedings and record that the let-
ters be revoked, and may proceed to grant other letters in the same
manner as if such executor had not been named in the will, or as if
such administrator was not in existence; and the power of such ex-
ecutor or administrator shall thereupon cease, and he shall be bound
to deliver up on demand to the person obtaining such letters, all the
property of the decedent in his hands, or be liable to be sued by
such person on his administration bond, or the court may pass an
order for the purpose

Id s 216
1798, c 101,
sub-c 6, s 14
One adminis-
trator, on neg-
lect of rest, may
return inven-
tory

136. If there be more than one administrator named in the
letters, any one or more of them, on the neglect of the rest, may
return an inventory, and the administrator so neglecting shall not
thereafter interfere with the administration, or have any power over
the personal estate of the decedent; but the administrator so re-
turning shall thereafter have the whole administration, unless within
two months after the return the delinquents shall assign to the court
some reasonable excuse, which it shall deem satisfactory.

Id 9 221
1798, c 101.
sub-c 6, s 8.
To return in-
ventory of
money and list
of debts.

137. Every administrator shall likewise return within the time
and under the pain aforesaid, with an affidavit of the truth annexed,
an inventory of the money belonging to the deceased, which hath
come to his hands, and a list of the debts due to the deceased which
have come to his knowledge, specifying the nature of each debt, and