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 TWENTYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.85,S6. 1840. 809 on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the iirst day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Approved, July 20, 1840. """" Srnun I. CHAP. LXXX V. —An dctfnr the rel? nf the widow and hcirsat-law of the late July 20, 1840. Lewis Grant avidson, deceased. "·;·~** Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of Eliza Davidson, the widow of Lewis Grant Davidson, late of Georgetown, in the District of E_ Davidson Columbia, deceased, and guardian of the infant heirs of the said Lewis to make cptend to make out and return to the orphans court of Washington county, in {:‘“"‘ f lm °f the said District, a tnll and complete list of all the real estate of which i,;E,i,?;§t° the said Lewis Grant Davidson died seized, lying and being in Wash- died eeieed cf, ington county aforesaid, distinguishing on the said list such of the said &’°‘ real estate as is unimproved and unproductive, and such as is improved and productive; and it shall and may be lawful, and the said Eliza Davidson is hereby authorized, from time to time, to bargain and sell that part of the said estate which is unimproved and unproductive, or any portion thereoij on such terms as to her may seem most for the interest of the said infant heirs; and, immediately after any such sale, the said Eliza shall report the same, and the terms thereof, to the judge of the orphans} court aforesaid; and the same having been approved and ratiiied·by the said judge, and the purchase-money having been paid, and not otherwise, the said Eliza Davidson is further authorized and empowered, by a deed of bargain and sale, to convey the premises by her sold to the purchaser or purchasers thereof in fee simple. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the judge of the :>rphans’ Herdowsl-and court aforesaid shall have authority to allot and apportion to the said <=<>m¤¤i¤¤i¤¤· Eliza, out of the proceeds of such sales, an equivalent, or satisfaction in money, for her right of dower in the said premises sold and conveyed by her; and, also, a commission, not exceeding five per centum, on the proceeds of such sales; and to pass all such orders and decrees relative to the disposal and investment of such proceeds by the said Eliza, as to _ him shall seem proper for the preservation and improvement of the estate of the said infant heirs. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register of the orphans Register of the court shall take and state an account of such sales as may be reported, °*Pl*:¤¤' <=°¤¤‘¢ and of such orders as may be made in the premises, under the direction :,°:,,:‘,,°£:_°°' of the said judge; and shall be paid therefor such fees as by law he is ' allowed to charge and receive in the settlement of other guardian accounts. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, as the said infant heirs-at- Rortion due to law of the said Lewis Grant Davidson arrive at lawful age, it shall be £°l*ml°W W the duty of the said Eliza Davidson to account with them for the pro- °P ' ceeds of the said real estate by her sold by virtue of this act, and to pay over to each of them the balance or portion severally due to them on such account; and, on her failing so to do, her bond, as guardian of the said infant heirs, may be put in suit, and the said balance or portion severally due the said heirs may be recovered thereon. Approved, July 20, 1840. Snrurs I. CHAP. LXXXVT.-An Act for the relic/` of Thomas Bennett. July 20, IMO_ Bc it enacted, dw., That Thomas Bennett, of the state of New York, be placedon the pension roll at the rate of thirty dollars per annum To be piaccd during his natural life; to commence on the fourth day of March, eigh- on pension roll. teen hundred and thirty-one. Arrr:ovnn, July 20, 1840. I02 3 s 2