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[CITE: 48USC1506]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                    CHAPTER 11--ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND
 
Sec. 1506. Condemnation and sale of lands in escheat proceedings

    If it shall be determined upon the trial of any such escheat 
proceedings that the lands are held contrary to the provisions of this 
chapter, the court trying said cause shall render judgment condemning 
such lands and shall order the same to be sold as under execution; and 
the proceeds of such sale, after deducting costs of such suit, shall be 
paid to the clerk of such court so rendering judgment, and said fund 
shall remain in the hands of such clerk for one year from the date of 
such payment, subject to the order of the alien owner of such lands, or 
his heirs or legal representatives; and if not claimed within the period 
of one year, such clerk shall pay the same into the treasury of the 
Territory in which the lands may be situated, for the benefit of the 
available school fund of said Territory. The defendant in any such 
escheat proceedings may, at any time before final judgment, suggest and 
show to the court that he has conformed with the law, either becoming a 
bona fide resident of the United States, or by declaring his intention 
of becoming a citizen of the United States, or by the doing or happening 
of any other act which, under the provisions of this chapter, would 
entitle him to hold or own real estate, which being admitted or proved, 
such suit shall be dismissed on payment of costs and a reasonable 
attorney fee to be fixed by the court.

(Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, Sec. 6, as added Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 
619.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 76 of Title 8, Aliens and 
Nationality.
