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FURTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 25, 26. 1887. 361

 25.—An_act to amend the law relating to the bonds of executors in the Jan. 17, 1887.

District of Columbia. ‘ -;j—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever hereafter a Bond of executestator shall, by last will and testament, request that his executor '°°”- or executors be not required to give bond for the performance of his or their duty as such executor or executors, then and in such case the How regulated. bond required of such executor or executors shall be in such penalty as the court may consider sufficient to secure the payment of the debts due by said testator; and said bond shall be conditioned accordingly, _ and shall be in no other or greater penalty: Provided, however, Th at the éjrovim. d penalty of this bond shall not exceed double the value of the estate · 0* *0 °K°6€ and when less than this sum, may be increased, or an additional bond g$I;;° "l"° °f be required, whenever it shall be made to appear to the court that the ? bond as given is insufl`icient·to secure the payment of the debts of the testator: And provided further, That whenever any creditor or distrib- (your: may reutee or legatee entitled to take under the said will shall make it appear gun`; ¤dd¤*¤°¤¤l to the court that any executor who has given such bond only as is herein Gggmitozriurgggzg provided for is wasting the assets of the estate, or that the assets in the www hands of such executor are in danger of being lost wasted or misa.p— [R. S. D. C. p. propriated, then and in such case the court shall haye power to reniore 11*] , 1 · said executor or require him to give additional bond, with secur1tyin penalty sntiieient to secure the interests of all the creditors and distributees or legatees entitled to take as aforesaid, and conditioned accordingly; and on his failure to give bond or bonds as aforesaid, as required by the court, within a time named by such court, his letters testamentary shall be revoked forthwith; _ Sec. 2. That any will hereafter executed devising real estate in the l_€$"’8‘;;*::‘1”;’:d District of Columbia from which it shall appear that it was the inten- be devised by wifi tion of the testator to devise property acquired after the execution of the will, shall he deemed, taken and held to operate as a valid devise of all such property. Approved, January 17, 1887. CHAP. 26.-An act to grznit the Maricopa and Phoenix Railway Company of Arizona Jap, 17, 1887, the right of way through the Gila River Indian Reservation. ——;-——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House eg Representatives of the United States of America in Cougyress assembled, That the Maricopa and Phoenix Maricopa an d Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the gh¤¤¤¤ R8'???

1:: of the fperrizrly of (ariaona, beaandhthle saidgianoration is hereby, ,z:'(;‘Q:“{“,'f§ H3';

orized, inves an empoweret W1 eng oca e cons ruc _ , t _, yu, own, equip, operate,, use, and maintain a railway and telegraph and mgughgilakivu °‘i—'2’,'¥°““ "L‘° ""°“"£‘i."‘3,£3‘%*3,£°§°!,22?§3§§‘?L°““ ?“l‘}1° $“'&¥”°"' i???`" R"""'" 0 zona nown as e 1 1 'CDDIU y ie ima_ and Maricopa Indians, beginning at a point on the southerly line of said L°°°**°¤· reservation where the track of the Maricopa and Phoenix Railway (said track being from a point at or near the track of the Southern Paeiiic Railroad at or near Maricopa Station to the city of Phcenix via Tempe) would strike said line, running thence in a northeasterly direction by the most practicable route to the! northerly line of said reservation, with the right to construct use an maintain such tracks turnouts and sidings as said company may deem it to their interest to oonstruct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds hereby granted. Sto. 2. '1`hat a right of way one hundred feet in width through said In· mgm ¤f wvdian reservation is hereby granted to the said Maricopa and Phoenix Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to said right of way, is granted for stations for every ten miles of road, no portion of which shall be sold or leased by the company, with the right to use such ad~