THE LORD CHANCELLORpresented a Bill for the purpose of enabling the widows and children of poor deceased persons who may die possessed of shares in co-operative companies and societies, or leaving small debts due, or other property, to obtain possession of such properties without going to the expense of taking out letters of administration. He proposed that those desiring to obtain what was due to their deceased relative, provided the value did not exceed £100, should make an affidavit before the Registrar of the County Court of the fact of the death of the husband or father, and upon that to obtain a certificate from the Registrar, which he proposed should serve all the purposes of letters of administration. He proposed also that the affidavit should not be made until a month after the death of the person originally possessed of the money sought for; and that if the Registrar should have reason to believe that the proceedings before him under the Bill had reference to property of a greater value than £100, then he would suspend the affidavit until he had ascertained the facts of the case.
§ A Bill for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Intestates where the Personal Estate is of small Value—Was presented by The LORD CHANCELLOR; read 1a. (No. 120.)