Section 1204. Respondents  


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  •   There shall be named as respondents:
        (a)  All last known owners or claimants as disclosed by the records of
      such court, provided however that if (1) the particular  fund  does  not
      exceed five hundred dollars, or (2) such last known owners or claimants,
      with  respect  to  a  particular  fund, exceed ten in number, or (3) the
      records of such court fail to disclose the number of owners or claimants
      with respect to a particular fund with a reasonable degree of certainty,
      they may be designated and described as a class, to wit, as "last  known
      owners  or  claimants to the fund or property deposited to the credit of
      the following entitled actions  or  proceedings  in  the  United  States
      District  Court for the .............. District of New York: (naming the
      actions and proceedings by their titles as  appearing  on  the  original
      process  which  instituted  such  actions or proceedings, or by suitable
      abbreviations thereof, which shall sufficiently  describe  such  actions
      and proceedings); and
        (b)  All  unknown  owners  or  claimants,  who  may  be designated and
      described as "unknown owners  or  claimants  to  the  fund  or  property
      deposited to the credit of the following entitled actions or proceedings
      in the United States district court for the ............ district of New
      York:  (naming  the actions and proceedings by their titles as appearing
      on the original process which instituted such actions or proceedings, or
      by suitable abbreviations thereof,  which  shall  sufficiently  describe
      such actions and proceedings)."