and be filed among the papers of the Corporation, and be
carefully preserved therein, and may be read in evidence in any
court or before any judicial officer of the United States,
without further proof; and the certificate of acknowledgment or
proof shall be _prima facie_ evidence only of the due execution
of such writing.
"SEC. 8. _And be it further enacted_, That all sums received on
deposit shall be repaid to such depositor when required, at such
time, with such interest, not exceeding seven per centum per
annum, and under such regulations as the Board of Trustees shall,
from time to time, prescribe, which regulations shall be posted
up in some conspicuous place in the room where the business of
the Corporation shall be transacted, but shall not be altered so
as to affect any deposit previously made.
"SEC. 9. _And be it further enacted_, That all trusts upon which,
and all purposes for which any deposit shall be made, and which
shall be indicated in the writing to accompany such deposit,
shall be faithfully performed by the Corporation, unless the
performing of the same is rendered impossible.
"SEC. 10. _And be it further enacted_, That when any depositor
shall die, the funds remaining on deposit with the Corporation to
his credit, and all accumulations thereof, shall belong and be
paid to the personal representatives of such depositor, in case
he shall have left a last will and testament, and in default of a
last will and testament, or of any person qualifying under a last
will and testament, competent to act as executor, the Corporation
shall be entitled, in respect to the funds so remaining on
deposit to the credit of any such depositor, to administration
thereon in preference to all other persons, and letters or
administration shall be granted to the Corporation accordingly in
the manner prescribed by law in respect to granting of letters of
administration, with the will annexed, and in cases of intestacy.
"SEC. 11. _And be it further enacted_, That in the case of the
death of any depositor, whose deposit shall not be held upon any
trust created pursuant to the provisions hereinbefore contained,
or where it may prove impossible to execute such trust, it shall
be the duty of the Corporation to make diligent efforts to
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