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 FIF1`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 2562, 2563. 1907. 1245 CHAP. 2562.-An Act To authorize the receivers of public moneys for land Much 2-1907- districts to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States certain sums embraced [H‘R‘u°‘°‘] in their accounts of unearned fees and unofficial moneys. [Pubuc, No. 221.] Bc it emwted by the Senate and H0 use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the receivers of public §‘;§;§$,;Q'2ja€Mit moneys for land districts are hereby authorized, under the direction ¤¤¤¤r¤¤df¤e¤,¤>¤¤- of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States all unearned fees and unofficial moneys that have been carried upon the books of their respective offices for u period of five years or more, which sums shall be covered into the Treasury by warrant and carried to the credit of the parties from whom such fees or moneys were received, und into an appropriation account to be denominated "Outstanding lia.bilities." mc. 2. That at the time of making such deposit the receiver shall L“‘“'*°b°"“'“*"‘°"· furnish a list showing the date when the money was paid to him or to · his predecessor; the names and residences of the rties; the purposes of the payments and the amounts thereof, which  shall bear the certificate of the register and receiver that the same is correct; that the amounts are due and ayuble; that diligence has been exercised to return the same, and tlgxt the sums specified have remained unclaimed for u period of live years or more. Sec. 3. That amounts that appear in a receiver’s accounts as dfjggjlfgé "{§,°“{j{'] "Moueys deposited by unknown parties” shall also be deposited to kn¤w¤1>¤r¤e¤" the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by a list “°‘· showing the amount and, if possible, the date of the recei t of each ’ item; which list shall bear the certificate of the register and receiver that, after careful investigation, the ownership of said moneys could not be determined, and that they have been reported in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for five years or more. _ Sec. 4. That any person or persons who shall have made payment N§§g°Ym°“° °‘ °°‘ to a receiver, or to is predecessor, and the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to section one or section three hereof, shall, on presenting satisfactory evidence of such payment to the proper officer of the Treasury Department, be entitled to have the same returned by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor according to the practice in other eases of authorized and liquidated claims against the United States: Prm·ided, That f{g'j"{§hn mr r9_ when such moneys shall remain unclaimed in the Treasury for more wvcry. than five years the right to recover the same shall be bm·red: l’mw'el4·¢I. That no homestead entrynmn shall be required to make payment of p,§$$';;vg§h0¥::; _the purchase money on any 8]:I)ll('8tl0ll to make ax cash entry until the swudencrynhen. same shall have been approve by the register and receiver, but such payment shall be made within ten days after notice of such approval. Approved, March 2, 1907. CHAP. 2563.-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury, March 2,1907. in certain contingencies, to refund to receivers of public moneys acting as special __[H·R·u°‘4·] disbursing agents amounts paid by them out of their private fumls. [Public, No. 222.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reywesentatives of the United _ States of Amerim in C0wg¢·e8s· assembied. That the Secretary of the §‘g}§§d‘§)'}d§h\0un¤ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to payQ out of p?id_bytr¤;vei~é;r;l:;l¤{r any unexpended balances of appropriations for contingent expenses of Kc§§'§°,,§ ,§{,Ed,i di: land offices. for the expenses of hearings in land entries and the "“”"‘g “g°“‘“· expenses of depositing pnblie moneys, suc sums as may have been or may hereafter be disbursed by receivers of public moneys, acting as ,speciuldisbursing agents at United States land offices, before the receipt Pr {_ of Government funds: .[)7’O’L'id€(]. That no payment shall be made R§{}€3$;m_