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proper office of the Bureau in the manner provided in Sec-
tion 56I. No compensation shall be allowed on the corpus of
of an estate received from a preceding¹ guardian. The guardian
may be allowed from the estate of his ward reasonable premiums
paid by him to any corporate surety upon his bond.

56L. Every guardian shall invest the funds of the estate in
such manner or in such securities in which the guardian has no
interest, as allowed by law or approved by the court,

56M. A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate
of his ward for the support and maintenance of any person
other than Ms ward, except upon order of the court after a
hearing, notice of which (has been given the proper office of the
Bureau in the manner provided in Section 561.

56N. Whenever a copy of any public record is required by
the Bureau to foe used in determining the eligibility of any
person to participate in benefits made available by such Bureau,
the official charged with the custody of such public record shall
without charge provide the applicant for such benefits or any
person acting on his behalf or the representative of such Bureau
with a certified copy of such record.

560. Whenever it appears that a veteran of any war, mili-
tary occupation or expedition is eligible for treatment in a
United States Veterans' Bureau Hospital and commitment to
such hospital is necessary for the proper care and treatment
of such veteran, the courts of this State are hereby authorized
to communicate with the official in charge of such hospital with
reference to available facilities and eligibility, and upon receipt
of a certificate from the official in charge of such hospital the
court may then direct such veteran's commitment to such United
States Veterans' Bureau Hospital. Thereafter such veteran
upon admission shall be subject to the rules and regulations; of
such hospital and the officials of such hospital shall be vested
with the same powers now exercised by superintendents of State
hospitals for mental diseases within this State with reference
to the retention of custody of the veteran so committed. Notice
of such pending proceedings shall be furnished the person to
be committed and his right to appear and defend shall not be
denied.

56P. When a minor ward for whom a guardian has been ap-
pointed under the provisions of this sub-title or other laws of
this State shall have attained his or her majority, and if in-
competent shall be declared competent by the Bureau and the
court and when any incompetent ward, not a minor, shall be