1394 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. Il. Ch. 854. 1901. or from any other cause, all the children of the woman recognized by _ the man to be his shall be deemed legitimate. - p§§§},{§’€,’},,§’fr{’$°‘Q§§ Sec. 1297. Co1.oRE1> .PERSONS.—·ThB issue of any marriage of colored g>;l<;i§&t<{¤1}gg;& gg; persons contracted and entered into according to any custom prevail- Y' ing at the time in an of the States wherein the same occurred shall, for all purposes of descent and inheritance and the transmission of both real and personal property within the District of Columbia, be deemed and held to be legitimate and capable of inheriting and trans- - mitting inheritance, and taking as next of kin and distributes according to law, from and to their parents or either of them, and from and to those from whom such parents or either of them may inherit or trans- _ _ _ mit inheritance, anything in the laws of such State to the contrary
- ,§§§§§§§§8_*” *° notwithstanding
- Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as
implying that any such marriage is not valid or such issue legitimate for all other purposes. - 'CHAPTER Foivrr-Fomz. Name ¤*=¤¤g¤¤*- NAME, CHANGE or. -*1**8 P*’°“i°¤· Sec. 1298. PROCEEDING ron CHANGE or NAME.—Any person of ` full age, being a resident of the District and desirous to have his name changed, may file a petition in the supreme, court setting forth the reasons therefor and also the name desired to be assumed. §¤¤¢i·=¤· P¤b¤¤¤¤i<>¤ Sec. 1299. No·r1GE.—Notice of the tiling of such (petition, containing ' the substance and prayer. thereof, shall be publishe for three consecutive weeks in_ some newspaper in general circulation published in the District prior to the hearing of the petition. D€¤¤*€· _ Sec. 1300. DEGREE.———The court, or the justice holding an equity term thereof, on proof of such notice and upon such showing as mav be deemed satisfactory, may change the name of the applicant according to the prayer of the petition. ‘ CHAPTER Fonrv-F1vE. d§i$§iig°“°3 °““”‘“g NEGLIGENCE CAUSING DEATH, L*“bm”"· _ Sec. 1301. L1ABILITY.—·VVTh€H€¥’€f by an injury done or happening within the limits of the District of Columbia the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person or corporation, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death 'had not ensued, have entitled the party injured, or if the person · injured be a married woman, have entitled her husband, either separately or by joining with the wife, to maintain an action and recover damages, the person who or corporation which would have been liable · if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages fo1· such death, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, even · though the death shall have been caused under circumstances which ' constitute a felony; and such damages shall be assessed with reference to the injury resulting from such act, neglect, or default causing such Pr<>v¢8¤¤· death, to the widow and next of kin of such deceased person: Pro- ,,$§ggg¤i*°°°V€’¤bl° vided, That in no case shall the recovery under this act exceed the Reeoéerydunngliie sum of ten thousand dollars: And provided further, That no action ¥f,,§i“°y ° bar m W shall be maintained under this chapter in any case when the party injured by such wrongful act, neglect, or default has recovered dam- ` ages therefor during the life of such party. By whom suirw be Sec. 1302. BY WHGM surr TO BE BEoUeH·r.——Every action shall be br°“gh'°` brought by and`in the name of the personal representative of such deceased person, and within one year after the death of the party injured. `
