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ancestor died subsequent to that date, and the language of the act itself not so clearly evincing such an intention as to preclude the contrary construction, it is decided that by the said act any full-blood Indian heir of any deceased allottee of the Five Civilized Tribes is authorized to convey any interest in the lands inherited by him from such deceased allottee, upon approval thereof by the court having jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate of such deceased allottee, whether such death occurred before or after May 27, 1908, and the approval of such conveyance by the Secretary of the Interior is not required. Of course, in cases where such heir is a minor, the procedure to secure the necessary order and approval of the court must be as in cases of other minors."

The reason for the necessity of this act is that the Interior Department, through the Attorney General, has held that in cases where the death of allottee occurred prior to May 27, 1908, title passing by deed to the heirs could only be valid with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, under the act of 1906.

Both the Federal court and the State court having held to the contrary, it is necessary that this act should be passed for the purpose of removing the cloud from these titles. For the reasons given the committee advises the immediate passage of this bill.

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OLD MARINE-HOSPITAL SITE, OCRACOKE, N. C.

APRIL 15, 1912.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. AUSTIN, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 21481.]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 21481) providing for the sale of the old marine-hospital site at Ocracoke, N. C., beg to report the same with the following amendment:

After the words "North Carolina," page 1, line 5, insert the words "to the highest bidder after due advertisement thereof."

The committee recommends that the bill do pass.

The old marine-hospital site at Ocracoke was abandoned by the Government several years ago. The property is worth only a small amount and there is no way in which it can be put to use. There is no probability of the property being needed for any Government purpose, and the Secretary of the Treasury, in submitting to the committee a list of vacant property in different portions of the United States which it was thought should be disposed of, included the abandoned site at Ocracoke. The recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury are contained in House Document No. 58, first session Sixty-second Congress, page 3. The interests of the Government will suffer in no way by the disposal of this property, and your committee concurs in the belief of the Treasury Department that it should be sold, and unanimously recommends the passage of the bill.

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62D CONGRESS, 2d Session.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. No. 552.

REPORT

AMENDING SECTION 808, CODE OF LAW FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

APRIL 15, 1912.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 21712.]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred H. R. 21712, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

This bill was prepared by and introduced upon the request of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia.

Its purpose is best explained by putting the present law and the proposed change in parallel columns.

PRESENT CODE.

SEC. 808. RAPE.-Whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will, or carnally knows and abuses a female child under sixteen years of age, shall be imprisoned for not less than five nor more than thirty years: Provided, That in any case of rape the jury may add to their verdict, if it be guilty, the words "with the death penalty," in which case the punishment shall be death by hanging: Provided further, That if the jury fail to agree as to the punishment, the verdict of guilty shall be received and the punishment shall be imprisonment as provided in this section.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

SEC. 808. RAPE.-Whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will, or whoever carnally knows and abuses a female child under the age of twelve years shall be deemed guilty of rape, and shall be imprisoned for not less than five nor more than thirty years: Provided, That in any case of rape the jury may add to their verdict the words "with the death penalty," in which case the punishment shall be death by hanging: Provided further, That if the jury fail to agree as to the punishment, the verdict of guilty shall be received and the punishment shall be imprisonment as provided in this section.

SEC. 808a. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE.Whoever carnally knows and abuses a female child between the ages of twelve and sixteen years of age shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than fifteen years.

The section to be amended hereby is to be found on page 213 of the late edition of the code.

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2d Session.

No. 553.

AMENDING SECTION 851 OF CHAPTER XIX, CODE OF LAW FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

APRIL 15, 1912.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 21714.]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred H. R. 21714, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

This bill was prepared by and introduced upon request of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia.

By this bill practically a new section of the code is made, to meet offenses not heretofore amply provided for.

The offenses and punishment therefor are fully set out in the bill. Section 851 is found on page 222 of the new edition of the code.

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62D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 2d Session.

REPORT

No. 554.

AMENDMENT TO SECTION 842, CODE OF LAW, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

APRIL 15, 1912.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 21710.]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred H. R. 21710, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

This bill contains two amendments to the District Code.

On page 2, line 8, the word "ten" is to be used in lieu of the word "three" in the code to increase the time of imprisonment for those convicted of fraud in relation to forged instruments, etc.

Same page, line 21, the word "shall" is inserted in order to supply a missing word in the code.

This bill was prepared by the United States attorney for the District of Columbia and was introduced upon his request.

The section to be amended hereby is to be found on pages 219-220 of the new code.

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