26-10 - Appointment of assistant commissioners of accounts, their duties and powers.
§ 26-10. Appointment of assistant commissioners of accounts, their duties andpowers.
The judges of each court in this Commonwealth having jurisdiction of theprobate of wills and granting administrations on estates of decedents mayappoint, in addition to the commissioner or commissioners of accounts,assistant commissioners of account, who shall perform all the duties andexercise all of the powers required of the commissioner of accounts in allcases in which the commissioner of accounts from any cause is so situatedthat he cannot perform the duties of his office, or in which the commissionerof accounts is of opinion it is improper for him to act, and such assistantcommissioners of accounts may perform such duties and exercise such powers inany other case except cases in which he is so situated that he cannot act, orin which he is of opinion it is improper for him to act. The person soappointed shall be a discreet and competent attorney-at-law. On all fiduciaryqualifications after June 30, 2001, assistant commissioners of accounts shallact only in such cases as the commissioner of accounts delegates to him. Anassistant commissioner of accounts making a settlement of a fiduciary accountunder the provisions of this section shall, within 30 days, report the factand date of such settlement to the commissioner of accounts, who shall makean 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.)