If,  upon  the  return  of  the  citation  and  due  proof  of  publica-
tion thereof,  agreeably  to  the  order  of  the  court,  no  heirs  or
kindred  claiming  said  estate  shall  appear,  nor  any  good  cause
be  shown  to  the  contrary,  the  court  shall  order  and  decree  as
aforesaid,  and,  in  the  case  of  real  estate,  a  certified  copy  of  such
decree  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds  of
the  county  where  said  real  estate  shall  lie,  in  the  deed  book,
and  shall  be  indexed  by  the  recorder  in  the  grantors'  index  under
the  name  of  the  decedent,  and  in  the  grantees'  index  under  the
name  of  the  surviving  spouse,  and  shall  be  registered  in  the
survey  bureau,  or  with  the  proper  authorities  empowered  to  keep
a  register  of  real  estate,  if  any  there  be,  in  said  county.  The
charges  for  recording  and  registering  shall  be  the  same  as  are
provided  by  law  for  similar  services.  The  record  of  such  decree
shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  prima  facie  proof  of  the  facts
therein  set  forth  with  like  force  and  effect  as  the  record  of  a  deed ;
and  if,  upon  the  return  of  any  such  citation,  any  person  or  per-
sons shall  appear  in  court  claiming  to  be  heirs  or  kindred  of


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such  intestate,  whose  rights  to  the  said  estate  shall  be  disputed
by  such  surviving  spouse,  his  or  her  heirs  or  legal  representatives,
then  the  court  may  direct  an  issue  to  determine  the  matter,  or
may  make  such  order  therein  as  they  shall  think  proper.
