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 1238 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. thereof and exhibit the same with all convenient speed, with an account of his collections, into the office of the register of wills. Witness (A B) the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Test: C D, Register of Wills. B°“d °‘°°“°°°°’· Sec. 305. Every collector, except corporations authorized to act as such, before letters shall be issued) to him, shall execute a bond to the United States, in a penalty and with security to be approved by said court, with the following condition: V "The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden .. shall well and honestly discharge the office of collector of the goods, chattels, and personal estate of ., deceased, in the District of Columbia, and shall make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory or inventories of such of said goods, chattels, personal estate, and debts as shall come to his possession or knowled e and make return of the same to the probate court of the District, and shall also deliver to the person or persons who shall be authorized by the court ‘ to receive them such of said goods, chattels, personal estate, and debts as shall come to his possession, except such as shall be allowed for by .said court, then the said obligation dhall be void; it shall otherwise be in full force and virtue at law."And he shall also take and subscribe the following oath: “I, .. , do swear that I will well and truly discharge the office of collector of the goods, chattels, and personal estate of .. , deceased, according to the tenor of the letters granted me by the probate court of the District of Columbia and the directions of law, to the best of my knowledge, so help me God." ¤¤¤le¤ of evlleewr- _ Sec. 306. Drrrms or COLLECTOR.—Th6 collector shall collect the goods, chattels, and personalstate of the deceased, including the debts due him, and cause the same to be appraised and return an inventory thereof, as an administrator is required to do, and may, under the authority of the court, sell perishable articles and bring suits for debts or other property, as an administrator may do, and shall accountfor the money recovered. Said collector may be allowed a commission on the property and debts actually collected, and afterwards delivered to the executor or administrator, not exceeding three per centum, and said collector may be authorized and directed by the court to discharge, pendente lite, all or any of the duties of an administrator, including the payment of debts. when pewere te Sec. 307. WHEN rowmzs iro CEASE.—OH the granting of letters tes- °°°°’s°’ tamentary orof administration the power of any such collector shall cease, and it shall be his duty to deliver, on demand, all the property and money of the decedent in his hands, except as before excepted, to the person obtaining such letters, and the executor or administrator may be permitted to prosecute any suit commenced by said collector as if the same had been be un by said executor or administrator. Remsel to deliver SEo. 308. If the said collector shall neglect or refuse to deliver over °'°p°"y‘ the property and estate to the executor or administrator, the court may, by citation and attachment, compel him to do so, and the executor or administrator may also rocee, by civil action, to recover the value of the assets from him ang his sureties by action on his bond. Such collector shall not be liable to an action by any creditor of the deceased. · SUBoHA1>·rEn Two. mveumy. INVENTORY. . 1gve¤t<>r>’ te be Sec. 309. INVENTORY TO BE MADE.——Every executor, administrator, me °` or collector- shall, within three months after his appointment, or such longer time as the court may allow, make and return, upon oath, into court a true inventory of all the goods, chattels, moneys, and credits