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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1957

(c) If the property of any decedent is not so delivered or claimed and accepted the Administrator or his designee may dispose of such property by public or private sale in accordance with the provisions of this part and regulations prescribed by the Administrator. (d) All sales authorized by this part shall be for cash upon delivery at the premises where sold and without warranty, express or implied. The proceeds of such sales after payment of any expenses incident thereto as may be prescribed by regulations, together with any other moneys left or found on a facility, not disposed of in accordance with this part, shall be credited to the General Post Fund, National Homes, Veterans' Administration, a trust fund provided for in section 20 (45) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (31 U.S.C. sec. 725s). In addition to the purposes for which such fund may be used under the existing law, disbursements may be made therefrom as authorized by the Administrator by regulation or otherwise for the purpose of satisfying any legal liability incurred by any employee in administering the provisions of this part, including any expense incurred in connection therewith. Legal liability shall not exist when delivery or sale shall have been made in accordance with this part. (e) If, notwithstanding such sale, a claim is filed with the Administrator within five years after notice of sale as herein required, by or on behalf of any person or persons who if known would have been entitled to the property under section 1901 or to possession thereof under this section, the Administrator shall determine the person or persons entitled under the provisions of this part and may pay to such person or persons so entitled the proceeds of sale of such property, less expenses. Such payment shall be made out of the said trust fund, and in accord with the provisions of this section or section 1901. Persons under legal disability to sue in their own name may make claim for the proceeds of sale of such property at any time within five years after termination of such legal disability. (f) Any such property, the sale of which is authorized under this part and which remains unsold, may be used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator. NOTICE OF PROVISIONS OF T H I S PART

SEC. 1903. All persons having or bringing personal property on the premises of a Veterans' Administration facility shall be given reasonable notice of the provisions of this part. In case of a mentally incompetent person, notice hereof shall be given the guardian or other person having custody or control of such person or, if none, to his nearest relative if known. The admission to or continued maintenance in such facility after reasonable notice of the provisions of this part shall constitute consent to the provisions hereof. The death of any person on any such facility or the leaving of property thereon shall be prima facie evidence of a valid agreement for the disposition of such property in accordance with the provisions of this part. DISPOSITION OF OTHER U N C L A I M E D PROPERTY

SEC. 1904. Any other unclaimed property found on the premises under the control of the Veterans' Administration shall be stored by the officer in charge of such premises and may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator if the owner thereof fails to claim same within ninety days. If undisposed of, the same may be reclaimed by the owner, his personal representative or next of kin, upon payment of

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