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–637– -637§ 2148. Delivery to regularly appointed executor or administrator If, at any time, letters testamentary or of administration are regularly granted to another person on an estate of which the public administrator has charge, he shall, under the order of the court, account for, pay, and deliver to the executor or administrator thus appointed, all the money, property, papers, and estate of every kind in his possession or under his control. § 2149. Compensation and allowances of public administrator; disposition of fees (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the public administrator shall receive the same compensation and allowances as are allowed in this title to other administrators. (b) The commissions to be charged by the public administrator shall be as are allowed in this title to other administrators, except that a commission may not be charged where it appears that the total assets of the estate do not exceed $1,000 in value. The public administrator shall pay over all such fees to, and they shall constitute a revenue of, the Canal Zone Government. § 2150. Interest in expenditures The public administrator may not be interested in expenditures of any kind made on account of an estate he administers; nor may he be associated, in business or otherwise, with anyone who is so interested. § 2151. Administration of oaths The public administrator may administer oaths in regard to all matters touching the discharge of his duties, or the administration of estates in his hands. § 2152. Notice of death of stranger Whenever a stranger, or person without known heirs, dies intestate in the house or premises of another, the possessor of the premises, or anyone knowing the facts, shall give immediate notice thereof to the public administrator; and, in default of so doing, he is liable for any damage that may be sustained thereby, to be recovered by the public administrator, or any party interested. § 2153. Notice by civil officers of property of decedent All civil officers shall inform the public administrator of all property known to them, belonging to a decedent, which is liable to loss, injury, or waste, and which, by reason thereof, ought to be in the possession of the public administrator.

CHAPTER 85—NOTICES, ORDERS, AND PROCEDURE BUBCHAPTEB I—NOTICES

Sec.

2181. 2182. 2183. 2184. 2185.

Requests for special notice of proceedings. Personal notice by citation; contents. Issuance and service of citation. Service on guardian; powers and duties of guardian. Publication; frequency. SUBCHAPTER II

ORDERS

2211. Contents of orders and decrees. 2212. Entry and filing. SUBCHAPTER III

2231. 2232. 2233. 2234. 2235.

^PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Trial of issues; judgments. New trials in probate proceedings. Costs. United States as party; notice; actions on bonds; exceptions to accounts. Application of procedure in civil actions.

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