of the assets of the estate of Elizabeth Sullivan deceased, among the legatees and devisees named in the will of said deceased, and the persons entitled thereto, as shown by and set forth in said order; and it being now at this day shown, that Eugene L. Sullivan, the executor of said last will and testament, has fully and faithfully discharged the duties of his trust, and has filed proper and full vouchers with the clerk of this court, showing a strict compliance with the terms of said order, and that he has distributed the whole of said estate then remaining in his hands, as thereby directed, and that no other assets have since come to his possession or knowledge, belonging thereto.

On motion of Messrs. Saunders & Hepburn, of counsel for said executor,

It is by the court ordered, adjudged and decreed, and the court does hereby order, adjudge and decree that the said Eugene L. Sullivan, executor of the said last will and testan.ent, has fully and faithfully discharged the duties of his trust, as shown by his final accounts now on file, and has, as shown by the vouchers on file, fully complied with the order hereinbefore referred to, making distribution of said estate: and he the said Eugene L. Sullivan is hereby wholly and absolutely discharged from all further duties and responsibilities as such executor; and the said estate declared fully distributed and the trust settled and closed.

San Francisco, June 9th, 1856.

T. W. FREELON, County Judge.

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FORMS UNDER GUARDIAN ACT.

NO. 186.

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN. (§ 336 and 378.)

To the Hon. Thomas W. Freelon, Probate Judge for the county of San Francisco.
Your petitioner, Montgomery Blair, respectfully represents, that Catharine A.
Young, Mary A. Young and Albert Young, infant children of Alexander H. Young,
and his deceased wife, Serena Young, are entitled to certain real estate situate in
the counties of San Fraucisco, Alameda and Santa Cruz, in the state of California,
and that said infants are all under the age of fourteen years, and reside in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and are not now, and never were residents of the State of Cali-
fornia. Your petitioner further states that the said Alexander H. Young, the father
of said infants, also resides in the District of Columbia, and is jointly interested
with his said children as tenant in common of the property aforesaid; and has au-
thorized your petitioner by letter of attorney, duly signed and delivered, to take
such steps as may be necessary to protect the interests of his said children in the
property aforesaid. Your petitioner further represents that in his opinion, it is im-
portant to the interests of said infants that a guardian be appointed for them by this
honorable court, to take charge of the said estate, and protect their rights in the
same. Wherefore, as the friend of said infants, thereunto duly authorized by their
father, your petitioner prays your honor to appoint a guardian for them and respect-
fully suggests the name of Lloyd Tevis, as a fit and proper person for said trust.
M. BLAIR.

[Sworn to, as in No. 35.]

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NO. 187.

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN. (§ 336.)

To the Hon. T. W. Freelon, County Judge, having charge of the probate business in the county of San Francisco:

Your petitioner, Maria J. Slack, a resident of San Francisco, respectfully represents, that Kate Agnes Kline, is her daughter, aged four years next July, and has some property, consisting of a house and lot in Sacramento city, worth about seven hundred and fifty dollars, which needs some care and attention, which cannot be bestowed without a legal guardianship. She therefore prays that she may be appointed guardian of her said child, Kate Agnes Kline, and have care and control of the property and custody of her person. And as, etc.

State of California, City and County of San Francisco.

MARIA J. SLACK.

Maria J. Slack, being duly sworn says, that she has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof, that the same is true of her own knowledge.

Subscribed and sworn before me, this 20th of March, 1858.
D. P. BELKNAP, Deputy County Clerk.

MARIA J. SLACK.

NO. 188.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN. (§ 336.)

In the Matter of the Estate and Guardianship

of

Kate Agnes Kline, minor.

In Probate Court.

City and County of San Francisco.

On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of Maria J. Slack, praying to be appointed guardian of Kate Agnes Kline, a minor, on motion of D. O Shattuck, Esq., attorney for the petitioner,

It is ordered, that Maria J. Slack be and she is hereby appointed guardian of the person and estate of the said Kate Agnes Kline upon executing and fiilng a bond to the said minor in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned according to law with sufficient sureties and approved by the judge of this court.

Maria J. Slack is hereby appointed guardian of the person and estate of Kate Agnes Kline, a minor.

[SEAL.]

Witness, William Duer, Clerk of the Probate Court of the county of San
Francisco, with the seal of said court affixed, this 23d day of March,
A. D. 1858.

By order of the Court: WILLIAM DUER, Clerk.

State of California, City and County of San Francisco, ss.

I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of the State of California, that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of guardian of the person and estate of Kate Agnes Kline, a minor, according to
law.
MARIA J. SLACK.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 23d day of March, A. D., 1858.
D. P. BELKNAP, Deputy County Clerk.

NO. 190.

GUARDIAN'S BOND. (§ 343, 76, 375.)

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Know all men by these presents that we, Maria J. Slack, William Vosburgh and S. A. Presho, are held and firmly bound unto Kate Agnes Kline, a minor, in the sum of five hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said Kate Agnes Kline, minor, for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our executors administrators and assigns, jointly and severally and firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals and dated this twenty-second day of March, 1858.

The condition of the above obligation is such that, Whereas application has been made to the Judge of the Probate Court of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, for the appointment of Maria J. Slack guardian of the person and estate of the said Kate Agnes Kline,

Now therefore, if the said Maria J. Slack be appointed such guardian, and shall faithfully perform the duties of her trust according to law, and shall :

1st. Make a true inventory of all the estate, real and personal, of her said ward that shall come to her possession or knowledge; and shall return the same within such time as the said judge shall order.

2d. Shall dispose of and manage all such estate according to law and for the best interest of said ward and faithfully discharge her trust in relation thereto; and also in relation to the care, custody and education of said ward.

3d. Shall render an account on oath of the property, estate and moneys of said ward in her hands; and all proceeds or interest derived therefrom, and of the management and disposition of the same within one year after her appointment, and at such other times as the court shall direct; and

4th. At the expiration of her trust shall settle her accounts with the probate judge or with the said ward if she be of full age, or her legal representatives; and shall pay over and deliver all the estate, moneys and effects remaining in her hands, or due from her on such settlement to the person or persons who shall be lawfully entitled thereto.

Then this obligation shall be void and of no effect, else to remain of full force and virtue.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

D. P. BELKNAP.

M. J. SLACK,
[Seal.]
WILLIAM VOSBURGH, [Seal.]
S. A. PRESHO.

[Seal.]

State of California, City and County of San Francisco, ss.
William Vosburgh and S. A. Presho, being duly sworn each for himself says that
he is a freeholder resident in said State, and is worth the said sum of five hundred
dollars over and above all his just debts and liabilities, exclusive of property exempt
from execution.

On reading the petition of John Francis Liberia, praying to be appointed guardian of the persons and estates of John Martin and George Martin, minors, under the age of fourteen years, children of Michael and Elizabeth Martin, both of whom are deceased; it appearing to the court that the said minors have no relatives residing in this State, and that it is necessary for their support and protection of their property,

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that some suitable person should.be appointed to take charge of them, after due consideration,

It is by the court ordered and decreed, that the petitioner, John Francis Liberia, be appointed guardian of the persons and estates of said minors, John and George Martin, on his filing an approved bond in the sum of one thousand dollars to each of said minors. T. W. FREELON, County Judge.

San Francisco, May, 1856.

On reading the petition of O. M. Wozencraft, praying to be appointed guardian of the person and estate of an Indian girl called "Shasta," a minor, under the age of fourteen years.

It appearing to the court that said minor is an orphan, that the petitioner is a suitable person to be appointed guardian,

It is ordered, that letters of guardianship of the person and estate of said minor, called "Shasta," be issued to the said applicant, Oliver M. Wozencraft, on his filing a bond in the sum of one hundred dollars.

San Francisco, July 27th, 1857.

NO. 193.

ORDER FOR NOTICE TO MINOR TO NOMINATE GUARDIAN. (§ 337.) In the Matter of the last Will and Testament

It is ordered, that notice be given to Edward B. Cotter, a minor heir of John Cotter, deceased, now resident in the city of San Francisco, to appear in this court, on Monday, the 29th day of June, A. D., 1857, at 11 o'clock, A. M., then and there to nominate a guardian of his person and estate, as prayed for by the executors of the last will and testament of John Cotter, deceased.

San Francisco, May 25, 1857.

NO. 194.

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF INSANE PERSON. (§ 347.) To the Hon. Thomas W. Freelon, County Judge and Judge of the Probate Court of the County of San Francisco.

The petition of Mary Ann Denny, of the city of San Francisco, respectfully showeth,

That she is the sister of Mary Champlain, whose maiden name was Sarah Twist, and who is at present at the residence of Mrs. Eagle, near Pacific street, in the said city of San Francisco.

That the said Sarah Champlain is the owner and possessed or entitled to the possession of certain property; that she is insane and mentally incompetent to manage her property.

Wherefore, your petitioner prays that such proceedings may be had and taken in the premises, as may be necessary for the appointment of a guardian of the person and estate of the said Sarah Champlain, and that such guardian be appointed.

[Sworn to as in No. 35.]

MARY ANN DENNY.

NO. 195.

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ORDER THAT INSANE PERSON BE NOTIFIED AND BE PRODUCED BEFORE
PROBATE JUDGE. (§ 347.)

In the Matter of the Insanity

of

Sarah Champlain.

On reading the foregoing petition, it is ordered, that the above matter come up for a hearing before me at the county court room, or at my chambers, in the city hall of the city of San Francisco, on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1856, at 11 o'clock, A. M., of that day, and that notice be given to the said Sarah Champlain of the time and place of hearing the case, not less than five days before the time so appointed.

And that the said Sarah Champlain, if able to attend, be produced before me on the hearing.

San Francisco, October 22d, 1856,

T. W. FREELON, County Judge.

NO. 196.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN OF AN INSANE PERSON. (§ 348.)

In the Matter of the Guardianship

of

Morris Saxe, charged with insanity.

Probate Court of said county.

State of California, City and County of San Francisco, ss.

Having heretofore, upon the petition of Charles Bain, representing that the above named Morris Saxe, is insane and mentally incompetent to manage his property, and praying for the appointment of a guardian of the person and estate of the said Morris Saxe, caused a notice to be given to the said Morris Saxe of the time and place of hearing the case, not less than five days before the time so appointed; and on reading and filing proof of due personal service of said notice upon said Morris Saxe. After a full hearing and examination upon such petition, it appearing to the probate judge that the said Morris Saxe, is insane and incapable of taking care of himself and managing his property, It is ordered, that James R. Jones of said city and county, who is hereby required to execute to the said Morris Saxe, a bond, according to the statute in such case made and provided, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by said probate judge, in the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, be, and he is hereby appointed guardian of the person and estate of Morris Saxe, above named, upon giving such bond.

Dated, San Francisco, January 5th, A. D., 1857.

T. W. FREELON, County Judge.

NO. 197.

PETITION FOR ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY GUARDIAN. (§ 355

to 368.)

In the Matter of the Estate and Guardianship

of

Alonzo Field, a minor.

In the Probate Court,
City and County of San Francisco.

The petition of Thomas Cole, Junior, guardian of the above named minor, respectfully showeth to this court,

That the estate of said minor, consists almost wholly of real estate, the most of which is unproductive, and yields little or no income for the maintenance and education of said minor.

That said real estate consists, etc. etc.,

[Here follows description of property.]

And by selling the same, a sufficient sum could be realized to make an investment that would furnish a sufficient income for the purposes above mentioned.

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