Guam § 41405 - Sale of Unclaimed Baggage.

§ 41405. Sale of Unclaimed Baggage.

Whenever any trunk, carpetbag, valise, box, bundle, baggage or other

personal property has heretofore come, or shall hereafter come into the

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possession of the keeper of any hotel, inn, or any boardinghouse or lodging

house, apartment house, mobile home park, or bungalow court and has

remained or shall remain unclaimed for the period of six months, such

keeper may proceed to sell the same at public auction, and out of the

proceeds of such sale may retain the charges for storage, if any, and the

expenses of advertising and sale thereof;

But no such sale shall be made until the expiration of four weeks from

the first publication of notice of such sale in a newspaper published in

Guam. Said notice shall be published once a week, for four consecutive

weeks in such newspaper, daily or weekly, of general circulation, and shall

contain a description of each trunk, carpetbag, valise, box, bundle, baggage,

or other personal property as near as may be; the name of the owner, if

known, the name of such keeper, and the time and place of such sale;

And the expenses incurred for advertising shall be a lien upon such

property in a ratable proportion, according to the value of such piece of

property, or thing, or article sold;

And in case any balance arising from such sale shall not be claimed by

the rightful owner within one week from the day of sale, the same shall be

paid into the treasury of Guam; and if the same be not claimed by the owner

thereof, or his legal representatives, within one year thereafter, the same

shall be paid into the general fund of said treasury.