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 1342 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. Failm *0 take “°· Sec. 939. ABANDONMENr or 1;·aosnoUrr1oN.—lf an r erson char ed giiiiriigegiiilggilument with a criminal offense shall have been committed drpheld to bai%to await the action of the grand jury, and within nine months thereafter the grand jury shall not have taken action on the case, either by ignoring the charge or by returning an indictment into the proper court, _ the prosecution of such char e shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the accused shall be set {free or his bail discharged, as the case may _€P{,‘¥Q*’§éeme¤, of be: Provided, however, That the supreme court of the District of time- Columbia holdin a special term as a criminal court, or, in vacation, . any justice of said court, upon good cause shown in writing, and, when practicable, upon due notice to the accused, may from time to time enlarge the time for the taking action in such case by the grand jury. Crmrrna TWENTY-ONE. neseems. DESCENTS. C¤ild*¤¤- Sec. 940. CH1LDREN.——On the death of any person seized of an estate in fee simple in lands, tenements, or hereditaments in the District of Columbia, and intestate thereof, the same shall descend in fee simple to such person’s kindred in the following order, namely: First. To is child or children and their descendants, if any, equally. m§j1¤;;$,$,$¤°°¤d°d Sec. 941. Esmrn Dnscmmrzn raom FArH1~:n.—If there be no child ` or descendant of a child, and the estate descended to the intestate on the art of the father, then to the brothers and sisters of the intestate, of tllle blood of the father, and their descendants equally. Sec. 942. If there be no brother or sister, as aforesaid, or descendant from a brother or sister, then to the grandfather on the part of the father; and if no such grandfather living,- then to the descendants of such grandfather and their descendants in equal degree equally; and if no descendant of such grandfather, then to the father of such grandfather, and if none such living, then to the descendants of such father in equal degree; and so on, passing to the next lineal male paternal ancestor, and if none such, to his descendants in equal degree equally, without end. Sec. 943. If there be no paternalancestor or descendant from such ancestor, then to the mother of the intestate, and if no mother living, then to her descendants in equal degree equally. Sec. 944. If there be no mother living, or descendants from such mother, then to the maternal ancestors and their descendants, in the same manner as is above directed as to the paternal ancestors and their descendants. ` hggmézgligc <=¤¤¤<1 Sec. 945. ESTATE nnscnnnnn Faoin Mo·rHnn.——If the estate descended ` to the intestate on the part of the mother, and said intestate shall leave no child or descendant of a child surviving him, then the estate shall go to his brothers and sisters, of the blood of the mother, and their escendants in e ual degree equally. Sec. 946. If tllxere be no such brother or sister or descendant of such brother or sister, then to the grandfather on the part of the mother, and if no such grandfather living, then to his descendants in equal de ree equally; if no such descendant of such grandfather, then to tge father of such grandfather, and if none such living, then to his descendants in equal degree; and so on, assing to the next male maternal ancestor, and, if none such living, to Ihis descendants in equal de ree equally. Sec. 947. If there be no such maternal ancestor or descendant from such maternal ancestor, then to the father, and if no father living, then to his descendants in equal degree equally; and if no father or descendant from the' father, then to the paternal ancestors and their descendants, in the same manner as hereinbefore directed as to the maternal ancestors.