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Chap. 449: To relieve Elizabeth Robins Pennell from necessity of providing a surety on her bond for the benefit of the United States as residuary legatee and remainderman under the will of Joseph Pennell. Chapter 449 45 Stat. 1445 1929-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office 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 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 449.— Joint Resolution To relieve Elizabeth Robins Pennell from necessity of providing a surety on her bond for the benefit of the United States as residuary legatee and remainderman under the will of Joseph Pennell.
March 1, 1929.[[S. J. Res. 58](/us/bill/70/sjres/58).][[Pub. Res., No. 97](/us/bill/70/pubres/97).] Whereas Joseph Pennell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by his Elizabeth Robins Pennell.Preamble.will dated January 7, 1919, and a codicil thereto dated September 29, 1924, gave the residue of his estate to his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, for life, and upon her death to the United States of America, for the division of prints of the Library of Congress, to be administered by the proper officers thereof upon the terms and conditions in his said will provided; and Whereas the said Joseph Pennell died April 23, 1926, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell, executrix, filed her account of decedent’s estate in the office of the register of wills, of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and the same was adjudicated and confirmed absolutely by the orphans’ court of the said county on the 6th day of May, 1927, and the balance shown by said account awarded to Elizabeth Robins Pennell, to be held as directed by decedent’s will, upon the entry of security by her in the sum of $400,000, under section 23 of the fiduciaries act of Pennsylvania; and Whereas the premium on a surety bond would have to be paid out of the income of decedent’s estate and thereby greatly reduce the income which the said Elizabeth Robins Pennell would receive during her life; and Whereas the said Elizabeth Robins Pennell has requested Congress to take such action as may relieve her from the necessity of providing a surety on her bond (so conditioned):
Therefore be it 1446 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the United Claim of United States for security waived, under legacy of Joseph Pennell to Library of Congress.States of America hereby waives any claim for security from the said Elizabeth Robins Pennell other than her own bond, for its benefit, as residuary legatee and remainderman under the will of the said Joseph Pennell, and it is declared to be the opinion of Congress that such personal bond without surety would, if approved by the orphans’ court, of Philadelphia County, adequately secure the interests of the United States under section 23 of the fiduciaries act of Pennsylvania.
Approved, March 1, 1929.
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