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PUBLIC LAW 87-24T-SEPT. 14, 1961

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"(e) By renouncing all claim to any and all devises and bequests made to her or him by the will of her husband or his wife pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, or in the event that a renunciation shall be deemed to be effected pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to such share or interest in the real and personal estate of the deceased spouse (including dower if elected in lieu of the legal share in the real estate) which she or he would have taken had the deceased spouse died intestate, except that in neither event shall the surviving spouse be entitled to more than one-half of the net estate bequeathed and devised by said will, or, if dower be elected, one-half of the net personal estate bequeathed and dower in the real estate devised. "(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law now or heretofore o'ttnL^tl "i^ag/ee' in effect in the District of Columbia, any valid antenuptial or post- ments. nuptial agreement which shall have been entered, into by the spouses shall govern and the provisions thereof shall determine the rights of the surviving spouse in the real and personal property of the deceased spouse, and the administration thereof, but nothing contained in this subsection shall prohibit any spouse from accepting the benefits of any devise or bequest made to him or her by the deceased spouse." SEC. 5. Section 1165 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 18-204), is amended to read as follows: ^^ ^***- ^^^^• "SEC. 1165. ABSENT OR INCOMPETENT SPOUSE.—Where any married person is a lunatic or insane, and has been so adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction and such adjudication remains in force, or where any married person has been absent or unheard of for seven years, the husband or wife, as the case may be, of such lunatic or insane or absent person may grant and convey by his or her separate deed, whether the same be aosolute or by way of lease or mortgage, as fully as if he or she were unmarried, any real estate which he or she may have acquired since such adjudication or since the beginning of such absence." SEC. 6. Section 1154 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 30-201), is amended by striking out "of J^ ^***- ^^2subsection (b)". SEC. 7. Any provision of law inconsistent with the provisions and amendments of this Act is hereby repealed. SEC. 8. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall become effective Effective date, six months after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved September 14, 1961. Public Law 87-247 AN ACT '^^ ^ ^ ^

To amend section 17 of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to authorize the delegation of certain duties to employee boards.

September ]14, 1961

[H. R. 8033]

Be it eTMcted by the^ Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thac paragraph (5) interstatis c omof section 17 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.5%!. 17(>)) is ^j^^^' ^<='-"»*«amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: E m p l o y e e "When deemed by the Commission to be appropriate for the efficient "sTstat. !)i3. and orderly conduct of its business, it may authorize duly designated

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