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 48 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Ev·¤¤i¤¤ti¤¤ ¤f Sec. 406. Any member of the police-force, when thereto_authorlzed in writing by the major of police, and having in his possession a pawn- 18}** J¤:¥» 18%- ¤· broker’s receipt or ticket, shall be allowed to examine the property pur- 580; '• · "· · P' porting to be pawned or pledged, or deposited upon said receipt or ticket, in whosesoever possession said property may be; but no such property shall be taken from the possessor thereof without due process or authority of law. ____ Interference pun- Sec. 407. Any willfnll interference with the major of police, or with i¤l¤¤l>l¤¤¤ ¤ ¤¤¤d¤- any member of the police-force, by any of the persons named in section “‘°““°‘· four hundred and four, while in official and due discharge of duty, shall Ibid. be punishable as a misdemeanor. s1*0L1:N, Losrr, AND AIBANDONED 1>1z01>1mTY. Property clerk. Sec. 408. There shall be an oillcer known as “ property clerk" of the metropolitan police-district, who shall he appointed and may be regu " '”' ’ moved by the board of police, and who shall receive an annual compensation ot twelve hundred dollars, payable monthly. ¤¤¤f»<>dy¤f¤*·¤i¤¤ Sec. 409. All property, or mone alleged or supposed to have been lost, or abandoned - · · B · mpmy feloniously obtained, or which sha be lost or abandoned, and which LA;. shall be thereafter taken into the custody of any member of the police Ibid. force, or the police or criminal court of the district, or which shall come into such custody, shall be, by such member, or by order of the court, given into the custody of the property clerk and kept by him. _ Becordtobekept. Sec. 410. All such property and money shall be particularly regis- tered by the property clerk in a book kept for that purpose, which shall e Aug., ism, e, contain also a record of the names of the persons from whom such pro- 62, •. 14, v. 12, p. perty or money was taken, the names of all claimants thereto, the place 32* where found, the time of the seizure, the date of the receipt, the general circumstances connected therewith, and any final disposal of such property and money. 3 _ Propertyclerkto Sec. 411. The property clerk is vested with all the powers conferred Kim P°;:¤`¤ °*` ¤** by law upon notaries public in the district. .L’L;*'.'}L as .rn1y,1scc,e.21s,e.s.v.14,p.21s. Oaths and deps. Sec. 412. He may administer oaths and certify depositions which nitionn- may be necessary to establish the ownership of any property or money '_‘23" _,"',,',",,' ‘1‘866”__ ,,_ lost, abandoned, or returned to him under the directions of the board of gg, s. s., v. 14, p. police, other than such as may he so returned as the proceeds of crime, May return cor- Sec. 413. Upon satisfactory evidence of the ownership of ro
 * gnP,:g1_;~’*'”Y *° described in the preceding section he shall deliver the sarge tgcthse

._.L.;_ owner, his heirs and legal representatives, and to him or them only, Ibid. except it be proven impracticable for such owner, heir, or representatives to appear, when the same may be delivered and receipted for upon such proof of ownership and the filing in the oillce of the property cle{k of a duly executed power of attomey from the owner or his heirs or ega representatives. Property taken Sec. 414. Whenever property or money shall be taken from persons be the proceed of crime, and whenever so brought with such claimant 16 July. 18§2.c· and the person arrested before any court for trial, and the court shall ggé: “· r "· 1% P· be satisfied from evidence that the person arrested is innocent of the ofense alleged, and that the property rightfully belongs to him, said court may, in writing, order such property or money to be returned, and the property clerk, if he have it, to deliver such property or mone to the accused person himself, and not to any attorney, agent, or clerh of such accused person. lletention, when Sec. 415. If any claim to the ownership of such property or money
 * "°m_:"°¤°°‘} 1*:3 arrested, and shall be alleged to have been felonionsly obtained, or to
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.0; ‘°°“’° P°" sons than the persons arrested, and the accused person shall beheld for Kdé. trial or examination, such property or money shall remain in the custody