Chapter XXII. *to enable Guardians and Committees of Lunatics, appointed in the several States, to act within the District of Columbia.* March 8, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That it shall be lawful for any19THIRTY-EIGHTH
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Chap. XXII.— An Act *to enable Guardians and Committees of Lunatics, appointed in the several States, to act within the District of Columbia.* March 8, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That it shall be lawful for any19THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 22, 23, 24. 1864.person, appointed the committee of a lunatic, or the guardian of a minorGuardians, &c. of lunatics may act within the District of Columbia. or lunatic, by the proper authority in any state or territory of the United States, to institute and prosecute to final judgment any suit or action in the courts of the District of Columbia, as he might have done if his authority as such guardian or committee had been derived from the proper tribunals of said district; and such committee or guardian may in the same manner collect and receive any sum of money due to such lunatic or minor, and may by deed, duly executed, release and convey to any party entitled to the same, whether by purchase or otherwise, any lands or estates situated in the District of Columbia, the property of such lunatic or minor, or to or upon which such lunatic or minor may have a claim or mortgage, in. the same manner as he might have done if his authority had been derived from the tribunals of said district: *Provided,* That suchProviso. committee or guardian, before making any conveyance of real estate or release of claim, or mortgage thereon, shall file in the orphans’ court of said district the official certificate of the judge of the court from which such committee or guardian derived his appointment, that he has given a sufficient bond to account to the minor or lunatic for all sums of money received by virtue of the authority conferred by this act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all payments heretofore madeFormer payments to stick guardians declared sufficient. within the District of Columbia to the committee or guardian of a lunatic or the guardian of a minor duly appointed at the domicil of the lunatic or minor out of the District of Columbia, in the United States, shall be good and sufficient: *Provided,* That said guardian or committee shall file inProviso. the orphans’ court in said district, the official certificate of the judge of the court from which such committee or guardian derived his appointment, that he has given sufficient bond to account to the minor or lunatic for all payments so made: *And provided further,* That in all cases the evidence of the appointment and authority of such committee or guardian shall be first recorded in the office of the orphans’ court of said district.
Approved, March 8, 1864. Chapter XXIII: to apportion the Expenses of the Levy Court of the County of Washington upon the Basis of Population. 13 Stat. 19 1864-03-08 Chapter XXIII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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Chapter XXII
*to enable Guardians and Committees of Lunatics, appointed in the several States, to act within the District of Columbia.* March 8, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That it shall be lawful for any19THIRTY-EIGHTH
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