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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 44, 46. APRI L 5, 8, 1935 . 111 purchase of radio equipment or simila r means o f entertai nment for bedridden soldiers or other patients in said hospital, said fund to be subject to disbursement for such purposes upon vouchers su b- mitted b y the comm anding of ficer Walt er Reed G eneral Hos pital under authority of the Secretary of War and to be available until expended. App roved, April 5, 1 935. [CH APTE R 46 .] AN ACT To provide for the conservation and settlement of estates of absentees and April 8,1935. [H. R. 83.1 absconders in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 27 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if a person Dis trict of C olumbia . entitled to or having an interest in property in the District of Colum- Settlement or estates of abs ent ees and ab- bia has disappeared or absconded from the District of Columbia, and scouders. it is not known where he is, or if such person, having a wife or minor Petition ; filing. child, dependent to any extent upon him for support, has disappeared or abscond ed without makin g sufficient prov ision for such su pport, and it is not known where he is, or if his whereabouts is known and he has been with out the Distr ict of C olum bia c onti nuou sly for t wo years or l onger, anyone wh o would under the law of the Distr ict of Columbia be entitled to administer upon the estate of such absentee if he were deceased, or if no one is k nown to be so entitled, any suit- able person, or such wife, or someone in her or such minor's behalf, contents. may file a petition under oath in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting in equity, stating the name, age, occupation, and last known residence or address of such absentee, the date and cir- cumstances of the disappearance or absconding, and the names and residence of other persons, whether members of such absentee's fam- ily or otherwise, of whom inquiry may be made, and containing a schedule of his property, real and personal, so far as known, within S chedu le of prop erty. the District of Columbia, and praying that such property may be taken possession of an d a receiver ther eof appointed und er the ro- visions of this Act. The United States attorney in and for the is- Notice to united trict of Columbia shal l be made a party to every such pe tition and rict~sattorneyforDis- shall be given due not ice of all subseq uent proceedings under this law. SEC. 2 . The court may thereupon issue a Warrant directed to the Warrant ; issue of. United States marshal in and for the District of Columbia, co m- manding him to take possession of the property named in said sched- ule and hold it subject to the order of the court and make return of Return of. said warrant as soon as may be, with a statement of his actions thereon and a schedule of the property so taken. The marshal shall in Posting and record- post a copy of the warrant upon each parcel of land named in the schedu le and cause so much of the warra nt as relates to land to be recorded with the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. He shall receive such fees for serving the Warrant as the court allows, Fee s of marshal. but not more than those established by law for similar service upon a writ of attachment. If the petition is dismissed, said fees and Costs. the co st of publishing and serving the notice hereinafte r provided shall be paid by the petitioner ; but if a receiver is appointed, they shall be paid by the receiver and allowed in his account. SEC. 3 . Upon the return of such warrant, the court may issue a Notice to interested notice reciting the substance of the petition, the warrant, and the part `es ' marshal's return, which shall be addressed to such absentee and to all persons who claim of record an interest in said property, or who are known to petitioner to claim an interest in said property, and to all