ARTICLES ADRIFT--SALVAGE.
Mr. Gibson's bill [H. R. 207] concerning articles adrift or wrecked being read the third time--
Mr. GIBSON said it provides for the taking up and disposition of property found adrift. Under the present law there is no provision how to dispose of such property. This bill provides where articles are taken up they are to be kept a certain length of time, and if not claimed, they are disposed of and the proceeds placed in the County Treasury, and at the end of one year the money is appropriated to the common school fund.
The bill passed--yeas, 48; nays, 4.
