AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 98 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, IN RELATION TO TIIE SETTLEMENT OF PERSONAL ESTATES, REGISTER OF WILLS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE GRANTING OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Section 1. That Chapter 98 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out and repealing all of the first paragraph of 3808. Sec. 10. thereof and inserting and enacting in lieu of the part so stricken out a new first paragraph as follows:
3808. Sec. 10. ADMINISTRATION; TO WHOM GRANTED:--Administration, or administration with a will annexed, shall be granted to one or more capable persons, natural or corporate, in the following order:
1. To the surviving spouse, or next of kin, or both, or to some person or persons nominated by them or any of them, as the Register of Wills, in the exercise of his discretion may determine.
2. If no petition for administration is filed within ninety (90) days from the date of death, then to any other qualified person.