Chap. 157.-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5379 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended, relating to list to be furnished by personal representatives.

. (S B 114]
Approved March 10, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion fifty-three hundred and seventy-nine of the Code of Virginia,
as amended. be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5379. Every personal representative of a decedent.
whether such decedent died testate or intestate, shall, at the time of
his qualification, furnish the court or clerk before which or before
whom he qualifies, a list containing his name, with his postoffice
and street address, if any, and the names, and as far as possible
the ages and addresses, of the heirs of his decedent, if intestate;
and, if testate, a list of those persons who would have heen the
decedent’s heirs, had he died intestate, and the degree of kinship
of each, to the decedent, accompanied by affidavit that he has made
diligent inquiry as to such names, ages and addresses, and that he
believes such list to be true and correct; which list it shall be the
duty of the clerk to record in the will book and index in the name
of the decedent as grantor and the heirs as grantees. Such list so
made and recorded shall be prima facie evidence of facts therein
stated. The cost of recording such list shall be deemed a part of
the cost of administration, and be paid out of the estate of the
decedent. Such personal representative shall not receive any com-
pensation for his services until such list is filed and recorded, unless
he files an affidavit before the commissioner of accounts that said
heirs are unknown to him, and that after diligent inquiry he had
been unable to ascertain their names, ages, or addresses, as the case
may be.