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in case of death as hereinafter provided) be al— lowed to receive the same unless authorized by power of Attorney in the form set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed, which said power of Attorney shall be written underneath a fair copy or transcript of the whole account, taken from the depositor’s book, and shall be executed by the depositor in the presence of at least one subscribing witness.

XVI. It shall be lawful for the said Treasur- er or Deputy Treasurer to pay any sum of money in respect of any deposit already made or to be made by married women, or by women who, may marry after such deposit, to any such woman, unless the husband of such woman shall give to the said Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer notice, in writing, of his marriage with such woman, and shall require payment to be made to him.

XVII. If any dispute shall arise between the said Treasurer and any individual depositor therein, or any Executor, Administrator, next of kin, creditor or assignee of any depositor who may become bankrupt or insolvent, or any per- son claiming to be such Executor, Administra- tor, next of kin, creditor or assignee, or to be

entitled to any money deposited in such Savings .

Bank, then and in every such case the matter in dispute shall be referred in writing to a Bar- rister of the Supreme Court of this Island, to be appointed for that purpose by a Judge of the said Court, and such Barrister shall have power to proceed, BJL‘ parts: on notice in writing to the said Treasurer, left at the said Savings Bank, and whatever award, order or determination shall be made by the said Barrister, shall be binding and conclusive on all parties, and shall be final to all intents and purposes without any appeal. I I _

XVIII. On any such reference, it shall be lawful for the said Barrister, and he is here- by authorized to inspect any book or books he- longing to the said Savings Bank relating to the matter in dispute and to administer an oath to any witness" appearing before him, or to take the affirmation in cases where affirmation is allowed by law instead of oath, andif, upon such oath or affirmation, any person making the same shall wilfully and corruptly give any false evidence, every person so offending shall be

deemed and taken to be guilty of perjur ', and‘

shall be prosecuted and punished accordingly.

XIX. In case any depositor in the funds of the said Savings Bank shall die, it shall be law-

ful for the said Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer,’

and he is hereby authorized and required, if no will shall be proved, or no letters of administ tion shall be taken out within six calendar months after the death of the said depositor, to pay and divide the same to and armngst the person or persons entitled to the efi‘ccts of the deceased intestate, according to the act of sembly for the distribution of the estates of in- testates.

XX. All moneys deposited in the said Savings Bank under the operation of this Act, or of any of the herein before recited Acts hereby repeal- ed, shall, by the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, be paid into the Public Treasury of this Island, to be invested in Government securities, or other good and sufficient securities, in such way and manner as the Lieutenant Governer, or other Administrator of the Government in Council, shall by order in that behalf from time to than direct and require, and in the meantime, and until any such order in Council shall be made, the same shall be applied to and for the general uses and purposes of the Government, but the whole amount of such deposits shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand pounds.

XXI. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to furnish to the Lieutenant Governor in Coun- cil, four times in each year, that is to say : on the first day of December, the first day of March, the first day of June, and the first day of Sep- tember in each and every year, an abstract of the state of the said Savings Bank, specifying therein the amount of moneys on deposit in such Bank at the commencement of the preceding quarter, with the amounts received and paid out during the same, and the total amount then. on deposit in said Bank, and the said Treasurer shall, as soon as may be after the first day «pf December in each year, make a general return or abstract of the accounts of said Savings Bank for the preceding year, which shall be present- ed to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to be laid before the Legislature at its next session.

XXII. All orders, rules or regulations which shall or may from time to time be made by the Lieutenant Governor, or other Administrator of the Government in Council touching the said Savings Bank, or the management thereof, as well as all orders, rules and regulations abr ~ gating any present or future orders, rules or regulations so made, or to be made as aforesaid,

shall be forthwith transmitted by the Clerk. of

the Executive Council to the said Treasurer,

whose duty it shall be to file the same in his office, and also to cause such rules, orders or