The general powers and duties of executors and administrators include: - Having access to and examining books and papers relating to partnership business - Examining and making inventories of the deceased's property - Maintaining houses, structures, and fences belonging to the estate and delivering them in repair to heirs when directed by the court. - Having the right to possess and manage the deceased's real and personal estate as needed for debt payment and administration expenses. However, this right is not absolute and expires once debts and expenses are paid.