Chap. 22.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 26388 and 2640 of the
Code of Virginia. (H. B. 77.)

Approved February 27, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections twenty-six hundred and thirty-eight and twenty-six hun-
dred and forty of the Code of Virginia be aniended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2638. Oath of executor or such administrator—-The oath
of an executor, or of an administrator with the will annexed, shall
be that the writing admitted to record contains the true last will
of the deceased, so far as he knows or believes, and that he will
faithfully perform the duties of his office to the best of his judg-
ment; such oath may be taken on behalf of a corporation by its
president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, or trust officer.
Sec. 2640. Oath and bond of administrator, when grant to
cease.—Before any grant of administration as of the estate of an
intestate, the person to whom it is granted shall, in the court or
before the clerk granting it, give bond and take an oath that the
deceased has left no will, so far as he knows, and that he will faith-
fully perform the duties of his office to the best of his judgment.
Such oath may be taken on behalf of a corporation by its president,
a vice-president, secretary, treasurer, or trust officer. If a will of
the decedent be afterwards admitted to record, or if, after adminis-
tration is granted to a creditor or other person than a distributee,
any distributee who shall not have before refused shall apply for
administration, there may be a grant of probate cr administration,
after reasonable notice to such creditor or other person, in like
manner as if the former grant had not been made; and the said
former grant shall thereupon cease.