This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Intestates Widows and Children (Scotland) Act, 1875.

This Act shall extend to Scotland only.

Where F1the whole estate of an intestate is of a value not exceeding ; F11£36,000 an applicant for confirmation thereto may apply to the commissary clerk of the county within which the intestate was domiciled at the time of death; and the said commissary clerk shall prepare and fill up an inventory and relative F2declaration, as nearly as may be in the form of Schedule A. appended to this Act, and F3on the inventory and declaration being signed by the applicant , and F12without requiring the applicant to find caution shall proceed to record said inventory and expede confirmation in the form as nearly as may be of Schedule B. annexed to this Act, and shall deliver the same to the applicant F1on payment of the requisite fee : . . . F4; and such confirmation shall have the same force and effect as that prescribed in Schedule D. annexed to the M1Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act, 1858 . . . F5

The commissary clerk of the county may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.

If the commissary clerk of the county has reason to believe that F6the estate and effects of which the intestate died possessed exceed F7the value specified in section three of this Act , he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied as to the real value thereof.

F8. . . The term “commissary clerk” shall throughout this Act include “commissary clerk depute.”

Any rules and orders and tables of fees requisite for carrying this Act into operation shall be framed and may from time to time be altered by the Court of Session by act of sederunt . . . F9.

Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to effect any duty now payable on inventories of personal estate.