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passing account with the commissary, be allowed
for a payment voluntarily made by him,
which he may be compelled to make by a corrective
decree.
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Should any vouchers happen to be offered
not comprehended within the above descriptions,
the discretion of the deputy commissary
must adapt his proceeding to the peculiar nature
and circumstances of the case, or call for
the instruction of the commissary-general: when
vouchers shall have been allowed and entered,
it is proper to set a mark on them, denoting the
allowance and entry, lest they may happen to
be offered a second time, and the estate be
doubly charged.
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As to funeral expences, the allowance
ought not to exceed three or four pounds currency,
except where the rank and opulence of
the deceased may require a larger allowance,
and the claims of creditors, and convenience of
the deceased's family, may not suffer by it; but
for small estates, such part only should be allowed
as will merely defray the costs arising
from the coffin and interment of the deceased,
without any allowance for vain pomp and ostentation.
When a testator directs an expensive
funeral, if the claims of creditors should
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Allowance
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