Section 43-6-4
Disposition of personalty when no heir appears.
If no heir or person entitled to receive such estate appears or is ascertained within 12 months after such publication, the money and proceeds of the personal assets must be paid to the judge of probate, after deducting the expenses of administration.
(Code 1852, §2067; Code 1867, §2459; Code 1876, §2854; Code 1886, §1939; Code 1896, §1755; Code 1907, §3921; Code 1923, §7617; Code 1940, T. 16, §28.)