in the clerk's office where the authorization for the sale has been deposited, with an attestation under oath, showing the current market value of securities sold on the day of each sale." 42-43 V., c. 26, ss. 1 and 2.

§ 2. Of the Sale of Immoveables, &c., not exceeding four hundred dollars in value, belonging to Disqualified Persons.

"1278b. Whenever the real value of the whole of the immoveables or immoveable rights, capitals sums, shares or interest in any financial, commercial or manufacturing joint stock company, belonging to a minor or disqualified person, does not exceed the sum of four hundred dollars, a judge of the Superior Court may, upon petition presented to him to that effect, by the tutor and subrogate tutor of such minor, or by the curator of such disqualified person, as the case may be, after making summary inquiry as to the value of the said property, order the sale thereof by public auction, at the prices and upon the conditions which he may deem just and reasonable to fix, in the interest of such minor or disqualified person." 35 V., c. 7, ss. 1 and 2; 36 V., c. 17, s. 1; 36 V., c. 18, s. 1.

"1278c. The judge has power to issue, under his hand, an order to compel the appearance before him, without costs, of any person whom he deems qualified to afford him the information necessary to determine the value.

Any such person, refusing to comply with such order, becomes guilty of contempt of court. 35 V., c. 7, s. 3 ; 36 V., c. 17, s. 1; 36 V., c. 18, s. 1.

"1278d. Notice of the place, day and hour of such sale is given twice in fifteen days, in the Quebec Official Gazette, and in two newspapers indicated by the judge, one of which is published in the French and the other in the English language, in the district in which the property is situated, and in the event of there being no newspapers published in such district, then such notice is given in the newspapers of the nearest district. 35 V., c. 7, s. 4; 36 V., c. 17, s. 1; 36 V., c. 18, s. 1.

"1278e. The judge may, when he deems it advisable, dispense the petitioners from the necessity of publishing the notices mentioned in the preceding article and authorize them to proceed to the sale of such property, by mutual consent, to any person paying the price fixed by such judge." 35 V., c. 7, s. 5; 36 V., c. 17, s. 1; 36 V., c. 18, s. 1.

SECTION XIV.

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE SIXTH OF PART THIRD.

PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SUCCESSIONS.

§ 1.-Of Seals.

6017. Article 1298 shall read as follows:

"1298. The court or judge, when authorizing the removal of seals, orders that an inventory of the effects shall forthwith be made, after summoning, by a bailiff's notice or a notice in notarial form, the heirs of the deceased, the surviving consort, the testamentary executor, and the known legatees.

If the persons, entitled to be present at the removal of seals or to take part in an inventory, reside outside of the Province, they need not be summoned; but in such case a judicial procurator is named by a judge, of the Superior Court, on application of the person demanding the removal of seals or the making of an inventory, to represent such persons, and such judicial procurator must be present or have been notified to be present.

Notwithstanding the nomination of a judicial procurator to represent the persons above mentioned, such persons or any of them may also be present and take part, or may send a power of attorney to the judicial procurator or to any other person, if they think fit to do so; and such appearance or appointment of a mandatary terminates the mandate of the judicial procurator." C. C. P., 1298; 41 V., c. 11, ss. 1, 2 and 4.

$2. Of the Inventory.

6018. Article 1305 shall read as follows:

“1305. All persons entitled to take part in it must be present at the inventory, or be represented thereat in accordance with article 1298, or have been notified to be present, in the same manner as for the removal of seals." C. C. P., 1305; 41 V., c. 11, ss. 1, 2 and 4.

$3.-Of Benefit of Inventory.

6019. Article 1323 shall read as follows:

"1323. Benefit of inventory is only granted on condition of rendering an account and paying to such person as may be entitled thereto whatever moneys may be received; and the beneficiary heir shall, if thereunto required, as provided by article 663 of the Civil Code, give security to the amount and in the manner fixed by the court or judge." 48 V., c. 24, s. 1.

6020. Article 1325 shall read as follows:

"1325. He may sell the immoveables and the shares or

stocks in industrial or financial companies, by observing the formalities provided by law for voluntary licitations, on the advice of the parties interested at a meeting convened for that purpose in the manner prescribed by the judge.

Such sale cannot take place respecting immoveables except with the consent of all the hypothecary creditors." 51-52 V., c. 25, s. 1.

4.-Of Letters of Verification in cases of Intestate Successions.

6021. The following chapter is added after chapter third of title sixth of part third :

"CHAPTER THIRD (A).

OF LETTERS OF VERIFICATION.

"1326α. Whenever, in this Province, an abintestate succession devolves, having property situate outside of its limits or debts due by persons not residing therein, the heirs, or one or more of them, may apply to the Superior Court, or to one of the judges of the court, in the district in which the deceased had his domicile, or, if he had none, to the Superior Court or to one of the judges of the court in the district in which he died, for letters of verification establishing upon whom the succesion has devolved. 41 V., c. 10, s. 1.

"13266. The application is made by a petition, setting forth the death of the person whose succession has devolved, the fact that he died without leaving a will, and leaving property situate outside the Province or debts due by persons not residing therein, the persons who are his heirs, their relationship to him and their filiation, and praying for letters of verification in order to declare what persons have been proved to be the heirs of the deceased and in what proportions. 41 V., c. 10, s. 2.

"1326c. The petition must be accompanied with an affidavit of the petitioner, or of a competent person, attesting the truth of the facts therein alleged. 41 V., c. 10, s. 3.

"1326d. The petition, with a notice of the time when it will be presented, must be served upon the other known heirs who reside in the Province; and a summary notice of the intended application and of the time when it will be made, must be inserted, once a week during four consecutive weeks, in one newspaper published in the French language, and in one newspaper published in the English language, in the district.

There must be an interval of at least five days between the day of service of the petition and that fixed for the presentation thereof, with an additional day for

each additional five leagues when the distance between the court house and the place of the service exceeds five leagues; and the day of such presentation must be at least thirty days after the last insertion of the summary notice. 41 V., c. 10, s. 4.

1326e. The petitioner must produce with the petition the acts of civil status necessary to establish the allegations; and when any such act of civil status cannot be produced, the petition must be accompanied by an affidavit to justify its absence. 41 V., c. 10, s. 5.

"1326f. Any heir or his legal representative may enter an appearance, and may contest either the application or any allegation of the petition. 41 V., c. 10, s. 6.

"1326g. The intervening parties are bound to plead, within four days from their appearance, and the petitioner must answer within three days from the filing of the pleas, on pain in either case of foreclosure, unless a longer delay be granted by the court or a judge. 41 V., c. 10, s. 7.

"1326h. Proof is made and the parties are heard according to the ordinary rules of procedure; the written proof produced and the depositions or the notes of evidence must remain of record. 41 V., c. 10, s. 8.

"1326%. When the application has been proved, the court or judge renders judgment granting letters of verification, which declare what persons have been proved and found to be the heirs of the deceased and specify in what proportions. 41 V., c. 10, s. 9.

"1326j. Letters of verification may be contested, by an action to that end before the Superior Court in the district where they were granted, by any heir of whom mention has been omitted and who has not intervened. 41 V., c. 10, s. 10.

“1326k. The delaration, in an action in contestation of letters of verification, must be accompanied with an affidavit of the plaintiff or of a competent person, denying the correctness of the letters, stating in what their incorrectness consists, and further attesting the truth of the facts alleged in the declaration. All the heirs mentioned in the contested letters of verification or their representatives must be impleaded. 41 V., c. 10, s. 11.

“1326l. The declaration and affidavit must be filed at the time of the issue of the writ; and notice of the contestation under the signature of the prothonotary must be published in the same manner as the summary notice of an application for letters of verification. 41 V., c. 10, s. 12.

"1326m. When the action in contestation of letters of

verification is maintained, the judgment either alters and corrects them, or revokes and annuls them.

Corrected letters of verification have the same effect as the original letters, they may also be contested by any heir who was neither an intervening party nor a party in any action in contestation. 41 V., c. 10, ss. 10 and 13.

"1326n. Except during the pendency of an action of contestation, authentic copies of letters of verification, either original or corrected, as the case may be, are delivered, under the seal of the court, to all persons requiring the same, for use outside of the Province, in all proceedings and circumstances, where it is required to prove who are the heirs of the deceased or to obtain ancillary or subsidiary letters of administration." 41 V., c. 10, s. 14.

$ 5.-Of Vacant Successions.

6022. Article 1335 shall read as follows:

“1335. He may sell the immoveables and shares or stock in manufacturing or financial associations, by following the formalities established by law for voluntary licitations, upon the advice of the parties interested present at a meeting convened for that purpose in the manner prescribed by the judge.

Such sale, as respects immoveables cannot be had except with the consent of all the hypothecary creditors." 48 V., c. 20, s. 14.

SECTION XV.

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE NINTH OF PART THIRD.

DIVISION OF THE PROVINCE INTO DISTRICTS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

6023. Article 1355 shall read as follows:

"1355. The Province is divided into twenty judicial districts, in the manner set forth in the table to be found in section fourth of chapter second of title first of the Revised Statutesof the Province of Quebec; the first column whereof contains the name of each district;-the second column, the places which are comprised within the district; -and the third column, the name of the place at or near which the sittings of the Superior Court are held, and where the district court house and gaol are situated." C. C. P., 1355; 27 V., c. 23, s. 1; 33 V., c. 42, s. 1; 36 V., c. 35, s. 1; 38 V., c. 19, s. 1; 43-44 V., c. 7, s. 9; 44-45 V., c. 23, s. 1 ; 46 V., c. 84, ss. 1 and 4; 49-50 V., c. 6, s. 1 ; 49-50 V., c. 96, s. 11.

6024. The courts of civil jurisdiction of the district of Quebec have, over the county of Bellechasse, concurrent jurisdiction with those of the district of Montmagny. 51-52 V., c. 19, s. 1.