§ 26-10. Appointment of assistant commissioners of accounts, their duties and powers
The judges of each court in this Commonwealth having jurisdiction of the probate of wills and granting administrations on estates of decedents may appoint, in addition to the commissioner or commissioners of accounts, assistant commissioners of account, who shall perform all the duties and exercise all of the powers required of the commissioner of accounts in all cases in which the commissioner of accounts from any cause is so situated that he cannot perform the duties of his office, or in which the commissioner of accounts is of opinion it is improper for him to act, and such assistant commissioners of accounts may perform such duties and exercise such powers in any other case except cases in which he is so situated that he cannot act, or in which he is of opinion it is improper for him to act. The person so appointed shall be a discreet and competent attorney-at-law. On all fiduciary qualifications after June 30, 2001, assistant commissioners of accounts shall act only in such cases as the commissioner of accounts delegates to him. An assistant commissioner of accounts making a settlement of a fiduciary account under the provisions of this section shall, within 30 days, report the fact and date of such settlement to the commissioner of accounts, who shall make an entry of the same in his record books.
(Code 1919, § 5402; 1930, p. 86; 1966, c. 326; 1973, c. 544; 2001, c. 108; 2003, c. 194.)
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