Section XXXI. And it is hereby enacted, that this Act shall not extend to any will made before the First day of Fe

XXXI. And it is hereby enacted, that this Act shall not extend to any will made before the First day of February, in the year of our Lord 1839, and that every will re-executed or re-published or revived by any codicil shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have been made at the time at which the same shall be so re-executed, re-published, or revived ; and that this Act shall not extend to any estate pur autre vie of any person who shall die before the First day of February in the year of our Lord 1839. ________