separate bond from each, with sureties or a joint bond with sureties from all.
Notice of application for letters, &c., to be given.Sect. 20. When application shall be made to the judge of probate for the appointment of an administrator of an intestate estate, or for letters of administration with the will annexed, he shall cause notice of the same and of the time and place of hearing thereof, to be published for three successive weeks in such newspaper as he may direct.
Laws relating to exemption to apply to estates of intestates.Sect. 21. Any laws now existing or hereafter passed, exempting property from execution by seizure and sale shall also apply to the property of the estates of intestates.
Take effect, when.Sect. 22. This act to take effect from and after its passage and approval by the governor.
- Approved May 8, 1862.
CHAPTER 2.
AN ACT RELATING TO INVENTORY AND COLLECTION OF THE EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Return inventory of real estate, &c.Section 1. Every executor or administrator shall, within three months after his appointment, make and return into the probate court a true inventory of the real estate, and of all the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the deceased, which shall have come to his possession or knowledge; excepting, only, that an executor who shall be a residuary legatee and shall have given bond to pay all the debts and legacies, as provided by the law, shall not be required to return an inventory.
To be appraised by two disinterested persons.Sect. 2. The estate and effects, comprised in the inventory, shall be appraised by two or more disinterested persons, appointed by the judge of probate for that purpose, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their trust; and if any part of such estate or effects shall be in any other county, appraisers thereof may be appointed, either by the judge of