be conducted under it. For instance, the sale of real estate in an estate heretofore pending may be conducted under the new law. The County Judges are now engaged in preparing an elaborate set of new blank forms to fit the new law, as well as rules of practice thereunder, which will constitute the final chapter of what we can only hope will become as satisfactory a system as its preparation and passage through the Legislature has been arduous and difficult. Sec. 12. Sec. 13. Sec. 1 to 10, inclusive, descents and distributions, unchanged. Sec. 11. Definition of will, unchanged. Who may make will, etc., slightly changed. Sec. 14. Sec. 15. Revocation of will, adds marriage of testator. Sec. 16. Sec. 17. Sec. 18. Sec. 19. Sec. 20. Claim vs. executor not released by appointment, unchanged. Citation include legatees and devisees, as well as heirs. Procedure if no property in State, new. Sec. 21. Custodian file will in ten days, unchanged. Sec. 22. Sec. 23. Proceedings if custodian fails to file will, unchanged. Sec. 24. Sec. 25. Sec. 26. Sec. 27. Guardian ad litem. Sec. 28. Sec. 29. Sec. 30 Sec. 31. Sec. 32. Sec. 33. Hearing of probate, parties may demand a jury. Duty of witness to appear, apply to all wills presented here. Proof of lost will, unchanged. Testimony reduced to writing, unchanged. Deposition of non-resident as in civil actions, not as in the chapter on evidence and depositions, long ago repealed. Sec. 34. Judge attesting witness, probate in adjoining county or other judge called in. Sec. 35. Sec. 37. Sec. 38. in one year in Sec. 39. Sec. 40. county. Sec. 41. thirty days. Sec. 42. etc. Sec. 43. Sec. 44. Sec. 45. Sec. 46. Sec. 47. Sec. 48. Witness not found admit proof of handwriting, unchanged. Probate conclusive except as to certain persons. Contest Revocation of probate, legacies refunded, unchanged. Executors begin proceedings in thirty days, not probate in Executors appointed upon probate-refusal of some to act, Who entitled to administer, unchanged. Revocation when later will proved, unchanged. Revocation when will set aside, unchanged. Special administrator without notice, important changes. Sec. 49. When guardian of estate appointed, slight change, allows court to reject choice of 14-year-old, when deemed proper. Sec. 50. Conservator appointed for mental incompetent, necessary changes. Idea of old section not changed. Trial in case of non-resident lunatic, unchanged. Duties and qualification of conservator of non-resident, un Sec. 60. Sec. 63. Sec. 64. Sec. 65. Sec. 66. Executors, etc., give bond, form omitted. Will dispensing with surety, court may require, unchanged. New bond on demand of surety, unchanged. How letters tested, unchanged, forms omitted. Power of executor before probate, changed, "unless and until special administrator" appointed. Sec. 69. Executor or administrator of executor or administrator not administrator de bonis non. Sec. 70. Powers of executors, etc., verbal changes. Pay taxes. Sec. 70a to Sec. 70f concerns specific performance of contract of deceased person. Sec. 71. Loans and investments, important changes, includes mortgage securities. Sec. 72. Leases made easier. Sec. 73. Estate not devised, etc., distributed as intestate, unchanged. by friend, verbal changes. Sec. 75. Sec. 77. Guardians educate and maintain wards, verbal changes. Court require copy of letters and bond, and notice to resi dent executor, etc., before suit. Sec. 78. Minor or mental incompetent removing, etc., property transferred, verbal changes. Sec. 82. stock, etc. Sec. 83. dians, etc. Sec. 84. Resident guardian, etc., transfer estate of non-resident Inventory, applied to guardian, etc. Inventory of newly discovered assets, applied to guardians, Sale of personal property, applied to guardians, etc., ditch Sale of growing crops, or harvest thereof, applied to guar Guardian or conservator manage lands of ward, new. Desperate claims sold or compounded, unchanged. Sec. 86. Executors, etc., not to remove property from State without order of court, unchanged. Sec. 87. Hours of sale-may employ criers, unchanged. Sec. 88. changed. Sec. 90. Sec. 92. Executors, etc., charged with property they receive, un Sale of realty under will, unchanged. Sales under will by administrator, etc., unchanged. deems for best interest of estate. Sec. 93. changes. Sec. 94. Sec. 95. Sec. 96. Sec. 97. Sale of realty of minor or mental incompetent, verbal Petition for sale or mortgage, changed. How ordered served, important changes. Sec. 98. May continue hearing, unchanged. Sec. 99. unchanged. Sec. 100. Sec. 101. changed. Sec. 102. Sec. 104. changed. Any person interested may appear before decree entered, Notice of petition to sell minor's realty, unchanged. Order for sale or mortgage, changed-bond. Order specify terms, etc., changed, in case of sales. Report of sale-may be disapproved, changed. Sec. 107. If disapproved, order resale, unchanged. Sec. 109. Sec. 110. Confirmation of sale, changed. Deed or mortgage-recitals and effect, unchanged. Executor, etc., die, etc., successor or survivor complete sale or mortgage, verbal changes. Sec. 112. Executor, etc., liable for fraudulent sale, new. Redemption from encumbrance, verbal changes. Notice of sales by non-resident guardians, etc., unchanged. Classification of claims, important changes. Claims vs. minors and mental incompetents classified same as estates of deceased persons, changed. Sec. 123. Adjustment day, unchanged. |