Sec. 12-17. Inquiries concerning records of probate court.
               	 		
      Sec. 12-17. Inquiries concerning records of probate court. At such hearing inquiry may be made concerning all estates in which original or ancillary administration 
has been taken out in such court of probate, in respect to the following: The number of 
administrations applied for; the date of each such application; the name and address of 
each executor, administrator and trustee appointed by such court; the date of filing of 
the inventory and appraisal of each estate; the appraised value of each such estate; the 
reason for such failure to furnish any document or information referred to in section 12-16, and the failure of such judge to send to said commissioner any other information 
required by statute to be so furnished relating to the assessment and collection of any 
tax due the state.
      (1949 Rev., S. 1695.)