Liability of officer’s estate for property lost, injured, or destroyed. Compensation for any public property defaced, injured, lost, or destroyed through the neglect or default of a deceased officer may be recovered from his estate in the manner provided in § 49-205. (Mar. 1, 1889, 25 Stat. 777, ch. 328; as added Feb. 18, 1909, 35 Stat. 633, ch. 146, § 38.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 39-211. 1973 Ed., § 39-511.
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