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the court, authorizing the sale, orders ; the first publication 

 to be thirty days before the sale. 



Sec. 8. Every application for the sale of any estate, under 

 the provisions of the fourth specification of the first section, 

 made to the supreme judicial court, shall be accompanied by 

 a certificate from the judge of probate of the county where 

 such estate was inventoried, showing the value of the real 

 and personal estate of the deceased or ward, and the amount 

 of his just debts or legacies, if the case require it ; and also 

 the opinion of such judge of probate, whether it is necessary 

 that the whole or a part of the estate should be sold, and if 

 part only, what part ; and in all applications before said 

 court, by guardians of minors under the fifth specification 

 aforesaid, a certificate must likewise be produced from the 

 judge of probate in the county where such minor's estate was 

 inventoried, stating that in his opinion it would be for the 

 interest of such minor, that the whole or a part of said estate 

 should be sold for the purpose specified, and if part only, 

 what part. 



Sec. 9. Any court, hereby authorized to grant licenses, 

 may examine, under oath, the petitioner or any other persons, 

 whether interested or not, touching the truth of the facts set 

 forth in the petition. 



Sec. 10. No license to sell the estate of any ward, not a 

 minor or insane, shall be granted, unless the applicant pro- 

 duces to the court a certificate under the hands of the over- 

 seers of the poor of the town where the ward resides, if in 

 this state, giving their consent to the sale, and their opinion 

 as to the amount proper to be raised thereby, excluding debts 

 contracted by gaming ; and if applicable to the case, whether 

 it is necessary to sell a greater amount in value of land to 

 prevent injury to the residue. 



PRIVATE SALES AND SALES ON OFFER. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 71. 

 Sec. 11. In all cases where the courts may license a per- 

 son to sell real estate at auction, they may license him to sell 



