Chapter 350. Amending sections 1125 and 1127, chapter 31, of the District of Columbia Code
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CHAP. 350.— An Act Amending sections 1125 and 1127, chapter 31, of the District of Columbia Code.March 3, 1927.[[H. R. 12218](/us/bill/69/hr/12218).][[Public, No. 753](/us/pl/69/753).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled*,District of Columbia Code.Guardian and ward. That sections 1125 and 1127, chapter 31, of the District of Columbia Code be amended so as to read as follows:" “Sec. 1125. Appointment by court.— If any infant shall haveAppointment by court.Vol. 31, p. 1369, amended. neither natural nor testimentary guardian, a guardian of the person may be appointed by the probate court in its own discretion or on the application of any next friend of such infant: *Provided*, *however*,*Proviso*.Limitation of wards to one guardian.
That no person, except trust companies, shall act as guardian of the person for more than five infants at one and the same time, unless said infants be members of one family. “Sec. 1127. When guardian of estate is appointed by court.—Guardians of estates of infants appointed by court.Vol. 31, p. 1369, amended. Subject to the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter, whenever land shall descend or be devised to any infant under twenty-one years of age, or such infant shall be entitled to a distributive share of the personal estate of an intestate, or to a legacy or bequest under a last will, or shall acquire any real or personal property by gift or purchase, the said court may appoint a guardian of said infant’s estate; and if there shall be a guardian of the person of such infant the guardian of the estate so appointed may be the same or a different person: *Provided*, *however*, That no person,*Proviso*.Limitation of estates to one guardian. except trust companies, shall act as guardian of the estate of more than five infants at one and the same time unless the infants are entitled to shares of the same estate.
The said appointment may be made at any time after the probate of the will or the grant of administration where the infant is entitled as a devisee, legatee, or next of kin.”. " Approved, March 3, 1927.