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–636– -636(b) Notice of the application need not be given and no fee shall be charged by the clerk of the court or the public administrator for the filing of the application, or for any duty or service of the clerk or public administrator or his attorney connected therewith. (c) Upon the sale of the personal property of the deceased, or the collection of any money, claim, or indebtedness by the public administrator under the order, the public administrator shall use the proceeds for the expenses of the burial of the deceased, and the expenses of the last illness. (d) The public administrator shall file with the clerk of the court a statement showing the property of the deceased that came into his hands and the disposition of the property of the deceased, and shall file with the clerk vouchers showing what disposition was made of the property or of the proceeds thereof. § 2145. Estates of persons not United States citizens If a deceased intestate, whose estate is being administered by the public administrator, was other than a citizen of the United States and left no heirs in the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama entitled to receive the estate, the proceeds and residue thereof may be delivered to the diplomatic or consular representative, accredited to the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama, of the country of which the deceased was a citizen or subject, for delivery by the representative to the heirs of the deceased. If the deceased was a citizen of the Republic of Panama, the residue of his estate may be delivered to his heirs in the Republic of Panama or to the authorities of the Republic of Panama lawfully designated to receive it. § 2146. Procurement of letters by public administrator; bond and oath When a public administrator takes charge of an estate, of which he is entitled to take charge without letters of administration being issued, or under order of the court, he shall, with all convenient dispatch, procure letters of administration thereon, in like manner and on like proceedings as letters of administration are issued to other ersons. His official bond and oath are in lieu of the administrator's ond and oath. § 2147. Administration of estates generally; application of other provisions (a) The public administrator shall make and return a perfect inventory of all estates taken into his possession, and administer and account for them according to the provisions of this title, subject to the control and directions of the court. (b) The public administrator shall institute all suits and prosecutions necessary to recover the property, debts, papers, and other estate of the decedent. (c) The court may, at any time, order the public administrator to account for and deliver all the money and property of an estate in his hands to the heirs, or to the executors or administrators regularly appointed. (d) When direction is not given in this chapter for the government or guidance of a public administrator in the discharge of his duties, or for the administration of an estate in his hands, the provisions of this title govern, except that wherever notice is required to be given, the notice may, in the discretion of the court, be waived or be given by posting.

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