Chapter 177. To provide for the disposition of moneys of the legally adjudged insane of Alaska who have been cared for by the Secretary of the Interior
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CHAP. 177.— An Act To provide for the disposition of moneys of the legally adjudged insane of Alaska who have been cared for by the Secretary of the Interior.April 24, 1926.[[S. 3213](/us/bill/69/s/3213).][[Public, No. 145](/us/69/pl/145).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alaska.Moneys of dead, etc., insane under Government care in, unclaimed for five years, to be covered into Treasury. That hereafter all moneys belonging to persons legally adjudged insane in the Territory of Alaska and deposited by them with the person, firm, corporation, or institution under contract with the Department of the Interior for the care of the Alaskan insane who have died in such institution, or under the care of such person, firm, or corporation, been discharged therefrom, or who have eloped and whose whereabouts is unknown, shall, if unclaimed by said person or their legal heirs within the period of five years from the time of death of the person or the date of the leaving of the institution, or the care of such person, firm, or corporation, be covered into the *Proviso*.Application to prior deaths, etc.Treasury by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided, however*, That the unclaimed moneys belonging to those who have heretofore died or left the institution, or the care of such person, firm, or corporation, prior to the date of this Act shall, at the end of five years from the passage of this Act, also be deposited in the Treasury, subject, however, to reclamation by such persons or their legal heirs within five years from the date of this Act.
Sec. 2. Inquiries to ascertain whereabouts of heirs, etc.The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed under such regulations as he may prescribe, to make, or cause diligent inquiry to be made, in every instance after the death, discharge, or elopement of any legally adjudged insane person of Alaska, to ascertain his whereabouts, or that of his or her legal heirs, and thereafter turn over to the proper party any moneys in the hands 323of the institution, person, firm, or corporation, and so forth, to the credit of such person.
Claims may be presented to the SecretaryReport of established claims to Congress. of the Interior hereunder at any time, and when established by competent proof in any case more than five years after the death, discharge, or elopement of such legally adjudged insane person of Alaska, shall be certified to Congress for consideration. Approved, April 24, 1926.