exercise of any literary, artistic, or scientific skill, and her
receipt alone is a good discharge for the amount.

1583. Personal Property, etc., of Married Women.

A woman married after January 1, 1883, is entitled to hold all real
and personal property which she was entitled to either at or after
marriage, for her separate use.

1584. To Search for Wills.

If you wish to examine a will, your best course is to go to "The Wills
Office," at Somerset House, Strand, have on a slip of paper the name
of the testator--this, on entering, give to a clerk whom you will see
at a desk on the right. At the same time pay a shilling, and you will
then be entitled to search all the heavy Index volumes for the
testator's name. The name found, the clerk will hand over the will for
perusal, and there is no difficulty whatever, _provided you know about
the year of the testator's death._ The Indexes are all arranged and
numbered according to their years.

Not only the names of those who left wills are given, but also of
those intestates to whose effects letters of administration have been
granted. There is no charge beyond the shilling paid for entering. If
you require a copy of the will, the clerk will calculate the expense,
and you can have the copy in a few days. No questions whatever are
asked--nor does the length of the will, or the time occupied in
reading it, make any difference in the charge. Beyond the shilling
paid on entering, there is no other demand whatever, unless for
copying the whole or a portion of the will.

If the deceased at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode
within the district of any of the District Registries attached to the
Court of Probate, the will may now be proved, or letters of
administration obtained from the district registrar. There are
numerous district registries, viz., at Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol,
York, Newcastle, Durham, and other places. If the will has not been
proved in London, it will be found in the registry of the district in
which the deceased dwelt at the time of his death. The same rules are
observed in the country as in London, with regard to examination, &c.
The fee--one shilling--is the same in all. Having ascertained that the
deceased left a will, and that it has been proved, the next inquiry
is, _"Where was it proved?"_ The above explanation and remarks apply
also to the administrations g