pay over to the Receiver-General all such Fees and Commissions, General for the other than those devolving to the One per Cent Fund, to the credit Fees and Comof the Fee Fund to be kept by him for that purpose. missions 135. The Administrator-General shall pay over, at least once in To pay over weekly monies each week, to the Colonial Receiver-General all the moneys in his received. hands exceeding Five Hundred Dollars, and all moneys exceeding that amount required to be disbursed by him shall be procured by means of drafts or orders upon such Receiver-General signed by the Administrator-General. Funds in 136. The Administrator General shall invest upon interest in To invest Trust Colonial Government Securities, all monies belonging to estates or Government trusts, under his administration which shall be available for the Securities. purposes of investment, provided such securities can be obtained at Par; and if not, he shall invest them in such other securities as the Court shall approve. may make General. 137. The Governor and Court of Policy may, from time to time, Governor and make and alter any general Rules and Orders consistent with the Court of Policy provisions of this Ordinance, for the safe custody of the assets and rules for guidance of securities which shall come into the hands or possession of the Ad- Administrator ministrator. General, and generally for the guidance and government of the Administrator-General in the discharge of his duties; and may, by such rules and orders, amongst other things reduce the amount of Fees and Commissions, and may if they shall think fit abolish the One per Cent. Fund; and may direct what books, accounts, and statements in addition to those mentioned in this Ordinance shall be kept by the Administrator-General, and in what form the same shall be kept, and where and how the assets and securities belonging to the Estates and trusts to be administered by the Administrator-General shall be kept and invested or deposited, pending the administration thereof; and all such rules and orders shall be published in the Official Gazette, and it shall be the duty of the Administrator-General to obey and fulfil the same, and the same shall be a full authority and indemnity for all persons acting in pursuance thereof. General to 138. The Administrator-General shall once every year, that is Administrator to say on or before the first day of April, or on such other day as the furnish annual Governor Accounts. Schedules and [Ord. 8 anno 1865.] ral to examine same. No. V. Governor and Court of Policy shall, by any rules and orders to be published as aforesaid, direct, file in the Supreme Court of Civil Justice, a true schedule showing the gross amount of all sums of money received or paid by him on account of each estate and trust under his administration, and the balances during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next before the delivery of such schedule, and a true list of all bonds or other securities received on account of each of the said estates and trusts during the same period; and also a true schedule of all administrations whereof the final balances shall have been paid over during the same period, specifying the amount of such balances, and the persons to whom paid; and he shall send a copy of such schedules and accounts to the Government-Secretary, to be laid before the Governor and Court of Policy. 139. The Auditor-General shall examine the said schedules and Auditor Gene- accounts, and report to the Governor and Court of Policy whether and report on they contain a full and true account of everything which ought to be inserted therein, and whether the books which, by this Ordinance are, or which by any such general rules and orders as aforesaid shall be directed to be kept by the Administrator-General, have been duly and regularly kept, and whether the assets and securities have been duly kept and invested and deposited in the manner prescribed by this Ordinance, or which shall be prescribed by any such rules and orders to be made as aforesaid. To report specially if Accounts appear not correct. 140. If the Auditor General shall see reason to believe that the said schedules and accounts do not contain a true and correct account of the matters therein contained, or which ought to be therein contained, or that the assets have not been duly kept and invested or deposited in the manner directed by this Ordinance, or which shall be directed by any such rules and orders as aforesaid, or that the Administrator-General has failed to comply with the provisions and directions of this Ordinance, or of any such rules and orders, he shall report accordingly to the Governor and Court of Policy. 141. Where the Administrator-General under and by virtue of Provisions in this or any other Ordinance, or by order or appointment of the the Adminis- Court or in any other manner shall take possession of the property cases wherein of is an account of any minor, prodigal, idiot, lunatic, or individual non compos trator General mentis, or of a plantation in cultivation, as sequestrator, or co- ing party to sequestrator, administrator, or co-administrator thereof, he shall be the Court. considered by every such taking possession, to have been constituted and appointed and to be the guardian or curator of the person and property of every minor, prodigal, idiot, lunatic, or individual non compos mentis, whose property shall have been or shall be so taken possession of, and sequestrator or co-sequestrator, administrator, or co-administrator, as the case may be, of such plantation in cultivation; and the Administrator-General, as such guardian of the person or property of a minor, curator of the person or property of a prodigal, idiot, lunatic, or individual non compos mentis, and as such sequestrator or co-sequestrator, administrator or co-administrator, of a plantation in cultivation, shall be subject to the directions and orders of the said Court, and shall render his accounts in every such capacity to the said Court, and the said Court shall be bound to receive and entertain the said accounts and cause the same to be audited reported upon, and passed in the manner and form herein. before prescribed, and upon such accounts being found correct, the said Court shall grant an order of release and discharge on such accounts, and such order of release and discharge shall be binding upon all parties interested in said accounts, and may be pleaded in bar of any action or legal proceeding brought against the Administrator-General, his heirs, executors, or administrators, for and on account of any transaction or intromission contained or included in any of such accounts. ministrations ance with this 142. With regard to all estates and administrations which shall Existing Adbe under the administration of either Administrator General of to be conduct. Demerara and Essequebo or of Berbice, and be not closed at the ed in accord time of this Ordinance taking effect, the rules and regulations of Ordinance. this Ordinance shall be applicable to them, in as far as the circumstances of each estate will permit, and the same shall thereafter be conducted and administered as if this Ordinances had applied to them from the times of their respectively devolving to the administration of such Administrator General. 143. Whenever any Estate which has devolved or shall devolve to Mode of disthe administration of the Administrator-General shall be liquidated charging Adand closed, he may give notice thereof in the Official Gazette for General when Estate closed, three ninistrator. removal of Administrator three successive weeks, calling upon all parties interested in such Estate to come forward within two months from the date of the first advertisement, with any objections they may have to his accounts or his conduct in the administration of such Estate, on pain in default thereof, and of instituting an action within the said period of two months founded on any such objection, of being for ever debarred from all and every claim upon or against him touching or concerning such Estate and his administration thereof; and upon the expiration of said two months, without any person appearing to object to the accounts of such Administrator-General, or to call in question his conduct in the administration of the said Estate, and instituting such action as aforesaid, such Administrator-General shall be de facto exonerated, discharged, and released from all and every claim or pretension upon or against him in respect of said Estate and his administration thereof. 144. When by the death, resignation, or removal of any party Discharge in holding the office of Administrator General, a new Administrator resignation, or General shall be appointed, the Administrator-General so resigning or removed, and in the event of his death, his heirs, executors, administrators, or the representative of his estate, shall be entitled to a release and discharge of all administrations held by such Administrator-General up to the date of his resignation, removal, or death, in manner and form following, that is to say :-Firstly In regard trusts for which such Administrator-General shall have been an accounting party to the Supreme Court of Civil Justice, and for the administration of which a release is required, his accounts shall be submitted to the said Court and reported upon in the usual manner, and the Court upon finding the accounts to be correct, shall pass the same and release and discharge such Administrator-General, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and such release and discharge shall be final as regards the claims of all parties whomsoever, without any exception, relative to the estate and adminis tration thereof, from which such Administrator General shall be so released and discharged. Secondly-In regard to all other estates and the administration thereof for which a release is required, the Administrator-General resigning or removed, and in the event of his death, his heirs, executors, and administrators, shall by advertisement in the Official Gazette, call upon all parties interested to deliver into the office of the Administrator-General, within six months No. V. months from the date of such advertisement, their objections in writing to the accounts or to the conduct of such AdministratorGeneral in any such estate, and the administration thereof named in such advertisement, and to institute, within nine months from the date of such advertisement, any action founded on any such objections, on pain in default of such objections and institution of such action of being for ever debarred from any and every claim upon or against such last mentioned Administrator-General, his heirs, executors, and administrators touching or concerning any such estate or the administration thereof, and upon the expiration of such nine months without any such action being instituted, such last mentioned Administrator-General, his heirs, executors, and administrators, shall be de facto released and discharged from all and every claim and pretension upon or against him, his heirs, executors, and administrators, in respect of any such last mentioned estate and his administration, relative to which no action shall have been instituted as aforesaid; and the successor to such last mentioned Administrator-General shall not be liable for his acts or omissions. [Ord. 8 anno 1865.] PROCEDURE AS TO PENALTIES. 145. All prosecutions for Penalties under this Ordinance not Recovery and application of exceeding Ninety-six Dollars, may be instituted by the Administra- Penalties. tor-General, or by any person authorised by him in writing, before the Police Magistrate of Georgetown, or any Stipendiary Justice of the Peace, and the same shall be conducted in a summary manner according to the form of procedure and shall be subject to the Review provided by Ordinance No. 19, of the year 1856; and all penalties recovered in such prosecutions shall be appropriated and paid to the credit of the Administrator-General's Fee Fund. Schedule A. Administrator-General's Fees. For inspecting Books kept by the Administrator-General, provided such inspection does not exceed half-an-hour 0 50 For every additional half hour or part thereof 0 50 For receiving and filing each claim with the Documents and Vouchers in support thereof For copies of Documents and Accounts per folio, each folio to contain not less than 18 lines, and each line not less than 30 letters 0 25 0 50 For administering Oath to affidavit of claimant, if not previously sworn to before a Commissioner of Affidavits 010 0 50 |