Public Law 54–270

That section four hundred and

District of Columbia*

sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 270, 274. 1896. District of Columbia be, and the same is, amended as follows, so as to

Property in hands of police.

read:

“Sec. 416.

All property or money taken on suspicion of having been

Property clerk to have charge of property taken on suspicion, etc.

R. S. D. C., sec. 416, p. 49, amended.

feloniously obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, and for which there is no other claimant than the person from whom such property was taken, and all lost property coming into possession of any member of the police force, and all property and money taken from pawnbrokers as the proceeds of crime or from persons supposed to be insane, intoxicated, or otherwise incapable of taking care of themselves, shall be transmitted as soon as practicable to the property clerk, to be fully registered and advertised for the benefit of all parties interested, and for the information of the public as to the amount and disposition of the property so taken into custody by the police. That whenever any money

Sale of property of deceased persons.

or property of deceased persons coming into the custody of the property clerk of the police department shall remain in his hands for the period of one year without being claimed by the legal representatives of such deceased person, such money or property, when not exceeding fifty dollars in value, shall be disposed of as lost or abandoned property as provided in this chapter: Provided, That when the value of such money

Provisos.

Administration on property exceeding $50 in value.

or property shall exceed fifty dollars and shall have remained in the custody of the property clerk for one year, all records pertaining to the same shall be certified by the property clerk to the orphans’ court of the District of Columbia, which shall appoint an administrator of such estate, according to law: Provided further, That the administrator so

Balance to policeman’s fund.

appointed by the orphans’ court shall deposit with the Treasurer of the United States, to the credit of the policeman’s fund, any balance remaining in his hands after the time limited for the final settlement of the estates of deceased persons under existing law.”

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