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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 2280-2282. 1907. 1011 trict make any false or iictitiou report of a birth or any false or fictitious transcript of any record of a birth or of a marriage. _SEO. 3. That the reports required by this Act shall, when duly filed ¤fr';P°°“°“ °‘ "°‘ with_the health officer of the District of Columbia, be a part of the public records of said District, and any personhaving an interest in any particular matter contained or reasonably believed to be contained therein, shall be permitted to inspect such certificates and reports, during all reasonable hours, without charge, so far as can be done without interfering with the official use of such certificates by employees of the hea th department. The health officer aforesaid shall og;?? °f hmm the custodian of all reports filed under the provisions of this Act, and annually, and at such other times as the Commissioners of said District may direct, shall make and publish abstracts and analyses of thté data thflelrgin contained. · h h P i h t f BG. 4. tan person violatin an of the rovisions of t is Act _ §“ °_“‘°“ °" or aiding or abettihg in any violatgm thereof shiall be punished by a vic] mm iine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by im risonment for a period not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fihe and imprison- Fm to rt 1 ment, in the discretion of the court. And if any report required by ¤pscm`;d°um€ip° u this Act to be made within a specified time be not made within the time so specified each week or part of a week thereafter during which ' such report‘has not been made shall constitute a separate and distinct offense: ,l)I‘0'U2·&d, however, That no report aforesaid nor any informa- f,*’,,,@‘{,,,°,,, ,,,,,,0, tion which has been obtained by the prosecuting officer on the basis of guns mmm. uglsuch report shall be receivable in evi ence against the person filing the °”°° "°° '°'"“ same in any prosecution of such person for failure to file such fepgrt u within the time allowed by law. Prosecutions under this Ac s ll .,i·°§'fi°.Y¤”L,°° mu"`. be in the police court of the District of Columbia on informations - signed by the corporation counsel of said District or by one of his assistants. Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect from and after the expiration E”°°‘· of the six months immediately following its passage, and from and after that time all Acts and parts of Acts contrar to the provisions R°l’°"· of this Act or inconsistent therewith shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. i Approved, March 1, 1907. CHAP. 2281.-An Act To create the Barnaby road, from its intersection with the March 1,1007. Livingston road to the District line. a public highway in the District of Columbia. M _ _H Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmm ofReyJre8e:¢tat2`ves of the United [Pubh°’N°` W'] State; of Amem't·a in Oongrexa assembled, That the Barnaby road, from D};;;;;; gypsyé its intersection with the Livingston road to the District line, shall be apubllc many. regarded and treated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as a public highway of the said District, and if dedication of any part Dedication. of this road may be considered necessary the Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to accept such dedication, free of cost to the District of Columbia. , Approved, March 1, 1907. CHAI, 2282.—An Act To pr0Vi¢l8 I-UlCl I¤8.lI1t3lD for the port of Galveston, Texas, M¤1§>l}_6§4l9U7· a customs boarding boat. - [Public, N0. 151.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Hvuav q)"Rep1‘e8en¢atéves of the United mmm Smzag of Anaerica in Cimgress mssewvbierl, That there shall be provided 1;,,,,.1,,,,; bog], f.,, for the port of Galveston, Texas, a motor boarding boat, and that the ‘*¤"°¤'°¤- T°*· sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary