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 'IHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 22, 23, 24. 1864. 19 person, appointed the committee of a lunatic, or the guardian of a minor Guardians, &c. or lunatic, by the proper authority in any state or territory of the United lg:)" States, to institute and prosecute to final judgment any suit or action pismct Oggoin the courts of the District of Columbia, as he might have done if his lumbia. authority as such guardian or committee had been derived from the proper tribunals of said district; and such committee or guardian may in the same manner collect and receive any sum of money due to such lunatic or minor, and may by deed, duly executed, release and convey to any party entitled to the same, whether by purchase or otherwise, any lands or estates situated in the District of Columbia, the property of such lunatic or minor. or to or upon which such lunatic or minor may have a claim or mortgage, in the same manner as he might have done if his authority had been derived from the tribunals of said district: Provided, That such P¤‘0ViS0- committee or guardian, before making any conveyance of real estate or release of claim, or mortgage thereon, shall file in the orphans’ court of said district the official certificate of the judge of the court from which such committee or guardian derived his appointment, that he has given a sufficient bond to account to the minor or lunatic for all sums of money received by virtue of the authority conferred by this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all payments heretofore made Former pay- within the District of Columbia to the committee or guardian of a lunatic m"*€_t° Stlch or the guardian of a minor duly appointed at the domicil of the lunatic or élzzdlilgiiiciiéuh minor out of the District of Columbia, in the United States, shall be good and sufficient: Provided, That said guardian or committee shall file in Pmviso. the orphans’ court in said district, the official certificate of the judge of the court from which such committee or guardian derived his appointment, that he has given sufficient bond to account to the`minor or lunatic for all payments so made: And provided further, That in all cases the evidence of the appointment and authority of such committee or guardian shall be tirst recorded in the office of the orphans’ court of said district. Approved, March 8, 1864. CHAP. XXIII.—An Act to apportion the Expenses cy" the Levy Court of the County of March 8, 1864. Washington upon the Basis of Population. "—‘;°_' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- I Expgnsesf sage of this act the corporate authorities of the city of Washington, the asggkissgsf °w corporate authorities of the city of Georgetown, and the county authorities of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, shall contribute t.o the expenses of `the levy court of the county of Washington, incurred on account of the orphans} court, the office of coroner, and the jail of said county, whenever hereafter imposed by law, in the following proportions, to wit: the city of Washington twelve fifteenths, the city of Georgetown two fifteenths, and the county of Washington one fifteenth of said expenses. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in- Repeal ofinconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby, repealed. °°“siS*°“t laws- Approved, March 8, 1864. CHAP. XXIV. —An Act to authorize the Enrolment and License of the Steam-tugs B. F. March 8, 1864. Davidson and W K. bhzir. ”"i"*" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Steam-tugs B. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant the enrolment and $p[?";€S9“ md l, license of the steam-tugs B. F. Davidson and W. K. Muir, now owned b8'€n{Ou;jr,;,:d by William Porter and William Lurkins, of Milwaukie, in the State of licensed. g Wisconsin, upon such terms, not inconsistent with law, as to him shall é seem just and proper. Approved, March 8, 1864.