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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1957

[71 S T A T.

reasonable storage charoes prescribed by regulations. If sold, the net proceeds thereof shall be credited to said post fund to be expended as other assets of such funds. The person who was entitled to such property, or his legal representative, or assignee, shall be paid the proceeds of sale thereof, less expenses if claim therefor be made within five years from the date of finding. If the owner shall have died intestate without creditors or next of kin surviving, such proceeds shall not be paid to his legal representative. SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY

SEC. 1905. Any unclaimed personal property as described in section 1902 of veterans who have heretofore died or who may hereafter die while maintained as such in a Veterans' Administration facility, and also any unclaimed property heretofore or hereafter found or situated in such facility, may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this part, and subject to regulations l^romulgated by the Administrator pursuant hereto; and the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be credited and be subject to disbursement as provided in this part. NOTICE OF S A L E

SEC. 1906. At least ninety days before any sale pursuant to this part, written or printed notice thereof describing the property to be sold shall be mailed to the owner of the property or, if deceased, to his executor or administrator, or to the nearest kin, if any such appear by the records of the Veterans' Administration. If none such appears from said records, similar notice shall be posted at the facility where the death occurred or property shall have been found (if in existence) and at the place where such property is situated at the time of such notice, and also at the place where probate notices are posted in the county wherein the sale is to be had. The person posting such notice shall make an affidavit setting forth the time and place of such posting and attaching thereto a copy of such notice, and such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of such posting and admissible in evidence as proof of the same. P A Y M E N T OF SMALL

Post, p. 472.

SHIPPING

CHARGES

SEC. 1907. Upon receipt of a proper claim for such property under the provisions of this part the Administrator is hereby authorized, in his discretion and in accordance with regulations by him promulgated, to pay mailing or shipping charges not to exceed $10 in the case of each deceased veteran as hereinabove defined. R E L I N Q U I S H M ENT OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION

SEC. 1908. Subject to the provisions of this part and to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part, there is hereby relinquished to the respective State, Territory, Commonwealth, insular possession, or dependency of the United States such jurisdiction ertaining to the administration of estates of decedents as may have een ceded to the United States by said State, Territory, Commonwealth, insular possession, or dependency of the United States respecting the Federal reservation on which is situated any Veterans' Administration facility while such facility is operated by the Veterans' Administration; such jurisdiction with respect to any such property on any such reservation to be to the same extent as if such premises had not been ceded to the United States. Nothing in this

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