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328 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 64, 68, 69. 1881. Timo ior_ pro- Sec. 8. That said commissioner shall make payments to those depos. ¤*>¤***!€ °L’·“‘“,‘j °f itors only whose pass-books have been properly vernied and balanced, %;i;’_f§°‘s’ W °“ unless said pass-books have been lost or destroyed; then, upon satis. factory proof' of such loss or destruction, and the amount due them, he may pay as though they had pass-books. But all claims founded on pass-books or otherwise not presented to said commissioner for exam1— nation and credit within six months from and after the passage of this act, as well as all dividends declared upon aud1ted_ accounts not called for within two years from the date of their declaration, shall be barred, and their amounts shall inure to the benefit of the other depositors of the com an . Solicitor of the Sec. That it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the Treasury, under Treasury, duties. the direction of said commissioner, to investigate the manner in which said company has been managed by its trustees and others having control thereof; and if, in the judgment of said solicitor, the affairs of said company have been mismanaged, or managed fraudently and corruptly, then said solicitor, under the direction of said commissioner, shall cause such civil and criminal proceedings to be instituted in the courts against those participating in said mismanagement or fraudulent and corrupt management as he shall deem right and proper to attain the ends pw, and costs of justice. He shall pay tees and costs of suits out of the funds in his of suits, how paid. hands as commissioner aforesaid; and said solicitor shall attend to all the suits in the courts held in the District of Columbia in which such company is in any manner a party, and he shall be the legal adviser of such commissioner in all matters in which such company is interested. Funds invested Sec. 10. That if from any cause there shall be any considerable dela in Uuimd S¤*·’¤¤¤ in making a dividend to the depositors, then said commissioner shali "°“d“· under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, invest the funds on hand in United States bonds, until such time as he may be prepared to make a dividend, as directed under the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved, February 21, 1881. Feb gg, 1g3L CHAP. 68.-An act donating certain lands in Lake County, State of Colorado, to —--»L---— the Veteran Union Association of Leadville, for hospital and burial purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Donation or States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-described l¤¤51¤ tv Vqtemu tract of land, situated in Lake County and State of Colorado, be donated g.“¥,’ga,%,“5‘{g‘“g§£ to the Veteran Union Association of Leadvillc, its successors and assigns, ,,,,,,,0, for hospital in said State, for the use and purpose of locating thereon a hospital and and bin-iai pur- cemetery, to wit: the north half of the southwest quarter of section roses. twenty-three, township number nine south, of range eighty west, excepting, however, from said tract that part included in the United States survey number two hundred and seventy-one; and also donating for the said uses and purposes to said association the south half of the northwest quarter in thesection, township, and range aforesaid. Said land is hereby donated upon the express condition that it shall be used exclu- Fon-mu,6_ siyely for such hospital and burial purposes; and should there be 3 failure to comply with the conditions herein expressed for two years hom the passage of this act, or should said lands ever cease to be used {gr sai;} puxiposes, then said land shall revert to the Government of the n1 e a s. Approved, February 23, 1881. Feb, 23, 1881. CHAP. 69.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Potomac .-—.;-.-— River at or near Georgetown in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,