In re the estate of Heath

The Vice-Ordinary.

The question to be decided in this case arises under a statute passed in 1890 and another passed in 1891. By the first it is *808enacted, in substance, that the fees of surrogates for auditing and reporting accounts, shall, on estates exceeding $50,000, be at the rate of one-tenth of one per cent.; provided, however, that such further fees may be allowed in any case as the court shall think reasonable. P. L. of 1890 p. 250. The second provides that the register of the prerogative court, for all official services, shall be entitled to charge and receive the same fees as are now…