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 192 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 270, 274. 1896. P£;;P°**Y*¤h¤‘¤ °f Dmtrict of Columbia. be, and the same is, amended as follows, so as to re : Property ¤1¤rk tv “SEc. 416. All property or money taken on suspicion of having been EQ? §‘,S,°Z{°.,Kf,¥.:`§{Z feloniously obtained, or of being the proceeds of crime, and for which ¤i•;:·§¤¤b C M there is no other claimant than the person from whom such property ,_g_.}...i.¤i;1.°°°' was taken, and all lost property coming into possession oi 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 we of PY°P°"t7 ¤f property so taken into custody by the police. That whenever any money d°°°"°¤ P°”°°°` 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 iiity dollars in value, shall be disposed of as lost or abandoned property as U provided in this chapter: Provided, That when the value of such money iiigny exezaiilg or property shall exceed fifty dollars and shall have remained in the ¥¤°*¤ '•l¤* 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 mms •· paw estate, according to law: Provided further, That the administrator so ¤·¤'¤ *¤¤‘*· appointed by the orphnns’ court shall deposit with the Treasurer of the United States, to the credit of the p0liceman’s fund, any balance remaining in  after the tir:3 limited torlthenilnal settlement of the estates o persons u er existing aw. * Approved, May 29, 1896. ` lh!$0JU$· CHAP. 2'I4.—An Act Defining the standard shape and size for drymcasures in use ""”""`°" in the District of Columbia, an for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gzvglvg ·>fg1·]l·J:*j; States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for illegal ag musum. any person, under a penalty of five dollars for each offense, to be recovered in the police court of the District of Columbia in the name of said District in the same manner as other flnes and penalties are recovered, to use any bushel, haltibushel, peck, half peck.,or quarter-peck measure D { H of unless the same be of the dimensions following, to be measured from .,,.,,.$§’.$.L,’ °° inside to inside, to wit: Every bushel measure shall not be less than fifteen and one-tburth inches in diameter at the top, fourteen and onehalf inches in diameter at the bottom, twelve and three-eighths inches deep, and the staves three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Every halti hushel measure shall not be less than twelve and one-half inches in iameter at the top, eleven and one-half inches in diameter at the bottom, nine and one-half inches deep, and the staves at least one inch thick. Every peck measure shall not be less than ten inches in diameter at the top, nine and onefourth inches in diameter at the bottom, seven and five-eighths inches deep, and the staves three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Every halfipeck measure, when joined to the peck, shall not be less than eight and tive-eighths inches in diameter at the top, nine and one-eighth inches in diameter at the bottom, four and onehalf inches in depth, and the staves five-eighths inch thick; and every one-half peck measure, when made separate from the peck, shall not be less than nine and one-eighth inches in diameter at the top, eight and fiveeighths inches in diameter at the bottom, four and one-half inches deep, and the staves five-eighths inch thick; every quarter-peck measure shall not be less than six and oue—eighth inches in diameter at the top, live and seven-eighths inches in diameter at the bottom, four and three-fourths inches deep, and the staves one-half inch in thickness.