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 478 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. of making such order, to show cause why a license should not be _ granted for the sale of such estate. S°"‘°*’ °‘°"’°’· Sec. 925. A copy of such order- shall be personally served on the next of kin of suc ward, and on all persons interested in the estate, at least ten days before the hearing; the petition, or shall be published at least three successive wee in a newspaper circulating in the district, to be specified by the commissioner. Whqii [<=¤¤*¤¤;*;;Sf Sec. 926. No such license shall be granted for the sale of any real §°.?lms mm, estate of a ward, excepting that of a minor, unless the commissioner of the precinct of which .the ward is an inhabitant shall certify in writing his approbation of the proposed sale. B<>¤d ¤fe¤¤¤di¤¤- Sec. 927. very guardian licensed to sell ·real estate as aforesaid _ shall, before the sale, give bond to the United States, with sufficient 'surety or sureties, wit condition to sell the same in the manner grescribed for sales of real estate by executors or administrators, an to account for and dispose of the proceeds of the sale in the manner provided by law. _ ‘ His mh- Sec. 928. Such guardian shall also, before flxin on the time and place of sale, take and subscribe an oath before tlge commissioner or some other officer competent to administer the same, in substance as follows: That in disiposing of the estate which he is licensed to sell he will use his best ju gment in iixing the time and tplace of Sale, and that he will exert his utmost endeavors to dispose o the same in such pganner as will be most for the advantage of all persons interested erem. Notice oi we- Sec. 929. He shall also give public notice of- the time and fplace of sale and shall proceed therein in like manner as is prescribed or exec- i utors and administrators; and the evidence of giving such notice may be perpetuated in the same manner and with the same eifect as is pro-‘ vided·m the case of sales of real estate by executors and administrators. m¥;{;¤£¤¤· MW M8 Sec. 930. No license granted in pursuance of this chapter shall be `, in force for more than one year after the time of granting the same. When foreign Sec. 931. When any minor, insane person, or spendthrift residing j,‘§,’,*§‘§‘l‘,§§“1,i,,‘“,§*,§',,,,,,,i‘j out of the district shall be put under guardianship in the State or mm- county in which he resides, and shall have no gpardian appointed in the district, the foreign guardian may file an aut enticate co y of his appointment with the commissioner of any precinct in which tlllere may be real estate of the ward· after which he may be licensed by the commissioner to sell the real estate of the ward in any precinct rn the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as are prescribed in this chapter in the case of a guardian appointed in the district, except in the particulars hereinafter mentioned. . Wrgiig fvreisbié Sec. 932. Every foreign guardian so licensed to sell real estate shall Sllznsed to sliiiiy take and subscribe the oath in the like case of guardians appointed in the district, and shall give notice of the time and place of sale, and conduct the same in the same manner prescribed for guardians appointed in the district, and may perpetuate the evidence of the notice in the same manner. ‘ m§_h,$;g¤gu*°t$1¤¤gg*¤¢¤ Sec. 933. All the proceeding: required to be had before the commis- ‘· sioner in any lprecinct in thetrict respecting such sale by a foreign guardian sha be had before the commissioner for the precinct in _ _ _ which the authenticated copy of his appointment is filed. ‘ d,£‘f,§";,s}§§;’,’f,d§f ’°“‘ Sec. 934. Upon every suc sale by a foreign guardian the proceeds of sale, or as much thereof as may remain upon the final settlement of . the accounts of guardianship, shall be consi eredas real estate of the ward, and shall be dgposed of among the same persons and in the Same proportions as the r estate would have been according to the laws of the district `if it had not been sold; and the foreign géxardian shall, in every case, before making the sale, give bond to the nited States. `