Chapter 223.
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CHAP. 223.— AN ACT Amending section seventeen hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. March 3, 1911.[[H. R. 17433](/us/bill/36/hr/17433).][[Public, No. 467](/us/bill/36/pl/467).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Consular Service.That section seventeen hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes R.S.,sec. 1709, p. 305, amended.of the United States is hereby amended by the addition of the following paragraph :
“Sixth. The Auditor for the State and other Departments shall act as conservator Estates of deceased citizens.of such part of these estates as may be received at the Treasury, and for their protection the Secretary of the Treasury Duty of Auditor for State, etc., Departments.may order such effects to be sold as may consist of jewelry or other articles which have heretofore or may hereafter be received at the Treasury, and pay the expenses of such sale out of the proceeds, provided application for these effects shall not have been made by the legal claimant within two years after their receipt.
The Auditor is authorized to indorse all bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other evidences of indebtedness due to such estates, and to take such steps as may be necessary for their collection. The proceeds of such sales, together with such other moneys as may be collected by him, shall be deposited into the Treasury in trust for the legal claimant, and be reported to the Secretary of State.” Approved, March 3, 1911.