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59-63 4. I give and devise tom beloved daughter, Martha Christina Porth Toben: The Northwest Quarter (yNW4) of Section 21, Township 9 North,Range 10 West of the 6th P.M. Hall County, Nebraska. except six acres in the southwest corner of said Northwest Quarter (NWJ), on which is located buildings and improvements, and I also give and devise to my said daughter, Martha Christina Porth Toben: The North Half of the Southwest Quarter (N2SWJ) of Section 22, Township 9 North,Range 10 West of the 6th P.M., in Hall County, Nebraska, subject to the life estate hereinbefore devised therein to my wife, absolutely to have and to hold the same forever. I give and devise to m beloved daughter, Mabel Porth Jones; The Southwest Quarter (ySWU of Section 21, Township 9 North,Range 10 West of the 6th P.M. in Hall County, Nebraska, and six acres in the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter (N.W.J) of said section 21, together with the buildings located thereon. The South Half of the Southwest Quarter (S2SWU of Section 22, Township 9, North,Range 10 West of the 6th P.M. in Hall County, Nebraska, subject to the life estate of my wife hereinbefore devised to her in and to said South Half of the Southwest Quarter (S2SWJ) of said Section 22, absolutely to have and to hold the same forever. 6. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, I direct my executor hereinafter named, to dreduce to cash as soon after my death as it can conveniently be done without uncessary injury to my estate, and for that purpose I hereby expressly authorize and empower my executor to sell said property, either real or personal, without having first obtained an order or license from any court or judge, and at either public or private sale, upon such terms as his judgement shall seem proper, and to execute and deliver all necessary deeds, conveyances and bills of sale in connection therewith, and I hereby ratify and approve any act of my executor in so reducing my estate to cash. When my estate has been reduced to cash as herein provided, and any debts owing by me at the time of my death, including the expense of my last illness, a marker for my grave similar to that erected for my wife, the expenses of administering my estate, and the payment of the ; .egacy of $800.00 to my wife, as hereinbefore provided, have been paid, the sum then remaining `shall be divided into three equal parts, and I hereby give and bequeath to my children, Martha Porth Toben, Mabel Porth Jones, and Maynard Charles Porth, each one of said parts, or one -third thereof, absolutely to have and to hold the same forever. 7. I hereb,'� constitute and appoint my son, Maynard Charles Porth, executor of this my last will and testament, and I hereby revoke any former wills or testamentary dispositions at any time here- tofore made, and I hereby declare that this is my last will and testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand to this my last will and - testament at Hastings, Nebraska, this 15th day of August, 1939• (signed) Charles A.Porth Subscribed, published and declared by Charles A.Porth of Hastings, Nebraska, as and for his last will and testament in our presence and hearing, and in the presence and hearing of each of us, and we at the same time, at his request and in his presence and hearing, and in the presence and hearing of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses to.this, the last will and testament of the said Charles A.Porth, and we certify that at said time said Charles A. Porth was of sound mind and free from restraint. (signed P.E.Boslaugh Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska. (signedl Alice Shaneyfelt Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska" "CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE The State of Nebraska ) - Adams County )ss At a session of the County Court, held in and for said County, at the County Court Room in Hastings, on this 23rd day of August, A.D. 1944. Present,W.Halsey Bohlke,County Judge: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) Charles A.Porth, ) Deceased. ) I. W. Halse;T Bohlke, County Judge, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on this 23rd day of August, A.D. 1944, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Charles A.Porth, deceased, which was filed in this Court, on the 5th day of August, A.D. 1944, and being the instrument to which this is annexed, was duly proved, approved, probated and allowed, as the last will and testament of the said Charles A.Porth,deceased, in and for the State of Nebraska; and it was ordered to be recorded in the records of the County Court aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said County Court at Hastings, this 23rd day of August, A.D. 1944. (SEAL) W.Halsey Bohlke Judge of the County Court" That the deceased left surviving him as his heirs at law and next of kin, and beneficiaries and persons entitled to his estate, the following: Myrtle E.Porth- - widow Martha Christina Porth Toben - daughter Mabel Porth Jones - daughter Maynard Charles Porth - son That on the same date, August 23, 1944, upon said Will being admitted to probate, your petitioner Maynard C.Porth became, and has continued to be the duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the estate of said deceased, and as such he has in all things complied -with the law and the orders of the court; that his final report on file is correct and in all things approved and allowed; and that the all-egations of his petition for final distribution are true. That the petitioner, executor herein, has received from the sale of the residence property in the City of Hastings, authoriped by Will of the deceased, and from all other sources, the total sum of $10,790.50, and that he has expended in the payment of debts, legacies, and costs of administra- tion, the total sum of 43,878-99,-and that he has on hand for distribution, to be made in accordance