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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

District of Columbia, or his deputy, or by the sheriff of the county in which the institution is located. § 21-1122. Approval of inmates' contracts, etc., by court A public or private patient in the District Training School may not be allowed to execute a contract, deed, will, or other instrument unless the execution has first been allowed and approved by an order entered of record by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. A certified copy of the order shall be furnished to the Superintendent of the institution at the time of the execution of the instrument. The order of the court is evidence only of the capacity of the patient to make the instrument. §21-1123. Offenses and penalties Whoever: (1) knowingly contrives, or conspires to have a person adjudged feeble-minded under the provisions of this chapter, unlawfully and improperly; or (2) violates a provisions of this chapter— shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. CHAPTER 13—ALCOHOLICS A N D DRUG ADDICTS Sec.

21-1301. 21-1302. 21-1303. 21-1304.

Appointment of committee. Bond; powers and duties. Jurisdiction of court over property. Discharge.

§21-1301. Appointment of committee When a person residing in the District of Columbia, and owning an estate, real or personal, situate therein, is alleged to be unfit, from the habitual use of intoxicating liquors, opium, cocaine, or similar substance, or compound or derivative thereof, to manage or control his estate properly, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, on the petition of a creditor or relative of the person, or if there is not a creditor or relative, upon the petition of a person living in the District of Columbia, and upon summons being served upon the person alleged to be unfit, commanding him to appear and answer the petition, may order a jury to be summoned to ascertain whether the person is an alcoholic or addicted to the habitual use of opium, cocaine, or similar substance or compound or derivative thereof and unfit from any of these causes to manage and control his property. If the jury finds that the person is an alcoholic or a habitual user of opium, cocaine, or similar substance or a compound or derivative thereof and unjfit to manage or control his property, the finding, when confirmed by the court, shall be entered of record in the cause, and the court shall thereupon appoint a fit person to be committee of the person so declared unfit to manage or control his property. §21-1302. Bond; powers and duties The committee before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall execute a bond, with surety, to be approved by the court or a judge thereof, to the United States in a penalty equal to the amount of the personal property and the yearly rents to be derived from the real estate of the person, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as the committee. He shall have control of the estate, real and personal, with power to collect all debts due the alcoholic or drug

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