Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/970

 930 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cn. 19. 1926. what urports to be a marr` e ceremony shall, upon conviction thereog, be punished by imprisldgment for not more than three years. Esebeat of property. EBOHIAT or I umdwmdym p. . _ es,or as ereoore e,own any "°°°"’*°""**' smirrrs mum h htf did · calm sms. n, devisee, legatee, or other person entitled thereto,  if such roperty hasnot, mor to the enactment of this Act, been decreed to have  780 of the Code of Civil Procedure of wma yu, what the Canal Zone, such property shall eecheat to the United States. decree it be mea br y Sw. 18. (ag In any case where he believes that gmroperty has
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%’••“* °”“ °* Zone, after the expiration oftwoyears=from· the date of the death ` ·of the deceasedperson shall Ble, for the beneBt of the United States and in the name of the government of the Canal Zone, in either division of the district court for the Canal Zone, a petitionipraying for a decree declaring that such property has escheated to the Unite 1One petition ma cover any number of estates, but the facts tozeaeheetate bestatediu a separate count. Each count as,tc.whi¢:l1¢the·claim of the United Statesris contested shall be tried separately. The court shall enter a separate decree on each hmmm dma count, and may agpertion and tar costs as justicemay require. °m,,,u_ (b) Upon the of such [petition the court shall x a time and place for a·h£u·m§ thereon, an ldirect the clerk to give notice thereof y publicationiat east once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper desi ated b the court and having a, general circulation in the Canal gneandv an English section or edition. The Brst `publéimtion shall be not less than ninetydays prior to the time Bxed Berviw M ¤¤¤<>¤ <>¤ or the hearing. Such notice shall also be served personally on any "°”°° m °°°”°°°'  in possession of any of such property at the time of the Bling o etition. V. .~ . F°““ °‘ “°“°°· (c) Such notice shall be in such form as the court may prescribe, shall state the time and place of such hearing, and shall require any and all personsclaiming any interest in any of such property to ap r at such hearing and assert their claims. D°°'°°°‘°'°"°°‘· y   19. (a) If, after such hearing, the court Buds that ang of such property has escheated, it shall enter its decree to that e ect. ““° °' ¥"°*’°"’· Such decree may direct the sale of any of the escheated property, in Umm { téhe  provideiimfogh the sale of property (cipb execurguofli, and °_ irect e eposit,a e ymentoa just tsa carges, ramm of all moneys realized frompsuch estate with the collector of the Euanatxlpa (glalngls, as pa special fund, to be kept separate and apart from o er. ., keep all the funds dgposited under the provisions of this section in a §parate account an invested in  States Goverment bonds, nited States postal savings certificates, or United States post-oilice mone§93·rders, bearing interest, until di@omd of as hereinafter provi _ s » v » (mm ‘°' °’°"°°°°" l Sno. 20. (in) An person claimi an interest-in any property which m mn be Bled » . §;g§Ww•;¤¤M has escheated,_ifhi1s claim hasnotngeen adjudicated, may, at any time ' within eight years from the date of the decree under subdivision (a) _ mz, p. mn. of Sectich 20, or from the date of the final disposition of the case if an appealkis taken from such decree iile a claim in either division N°“°°* ”°°“"" °°°’ of  district court for the Canal Zone. _ Upon the Bling of such claim the court shall direct the clerk to serve notice upon the district attorney for the Canal Zone. Such notice shall be in such form as the court may prescribe and shall state the time and place fixed for a hearing upon such claim.
 * °'““”°°‘°“““‘“ (b)  collector of the Panama Canal shall, as nearly as may be,