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one years, shall have power to make a deed of trust of her property,
real, personal, or mixed; provided the same shall be approved and
sanctioned by a court having equity jurisdiction in the city or county
where the grantor resides, upon the petition of said grantor, and
such proof as the court in its discretion may require].

Article 79

1.

Any release or receipt executed to any executor, administrator,
or guardian by a person authorized to execute the same [(and any
female over eighteen years of age is hereby authorized to execute
the same)], which shall be acknowledged and certified as hereinafter
directed, may be recorded in the office of the register of wills of
the county where letters testamentary or of administration were
granted, or where the guardian was appointed or gave bond; and
a copy of the record, under seal, of such release or receipt shall be
evidence of such release or receipt.

4.

Any release or receipt mentioned in §§ 2 and 3 may be executed
in virtue of a power of attorney for that purpose; provided, such
power of attorney, if executed within this State, shall be acknowl-
edged and certified as if it were a release, and if executed out of the
State, shall be acknowledged and certified in the same manner as
releases or receipts are required to be by § 3 [; and any female
over eighteen years of age may execute such power of attorney].

7.

All receipts, releases, and final discharges from persons residing
in this State authorized to execute the same to any trustee appointed
by any court of equity, by deed or by will, [(and any female over
the age of eighteen years is hereby authorized to execute the same
for the proceeds of sale of real estate, or leasehold property)]
acknowledged before any officer authorized to take the acknowledg-
ment of deeds of real estate may be recorded, and the clerk of the
court by which said trustee was appointed or in which the deed
was recorded or trust executed, or the register of wills in whose
office the will was recorded shall record the same in a well-bound
book to be kept for that purpose.

8.

Any receipt, release or final discharge from any person authorized
to execute the same to any trustee as mentioned in § 7 [(and any
female over the age of eighteen years is hereby authorized to exe-
cute the same to any trustee for the proceeds of the sale of real
estate or leasehold property)], acknowledged by any nonresident
of this State before any officers authorized to take acknowledge-
ments to deeds of real estate, and certified as required for deeds of
real estate, may be received and recorded by such clerk or register.

Article 93
59.

If any person named as executor in a will shall be, at the time
when administration ought to be granted, under the age of [eight-