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Should the testator not have specially determined the powers of the executors they shall have the following:\n(1) To dispose and pay the suffrages, and funeral expenses of the testator in accordance with the provisions made by him in his will and, in their absence, according to the customs of the town.\n(2) To pay, with the knowledge and consent of the heir, the cash legacies.\n(3) To carefully see to the execution of the other provisions of the will and maintain, when just, its validity in and out of court.\n(4) To take the necessary precautions for the preservation and custody of the property, with the intervention of the heirs who may be present.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 824.