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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 153. 1920. 567 By striking out section 808 and inserting in lieu thereof: °1’¤¤¤¤· “Sec. 808. Rare.-VVhoever has carnal knowledge of a female §g}>°~ 3, 1 forcibly and against her will, or carnally knows and abuses a female am¤¤iie1.’ p` m' child under sixteen years of age, shall be imprisoned for not more P‘““s“m°““°’· than thirty years: Provided, That in any case of rape the jury may £;;*;jj¤g;1vemm add to their verdict, if it be guilty, the words ‘with the death enalt ,’ ' in which case the punishment shall be death by hanging:  Iumnsonment. further, That if the jury fail to agree as to the punishment the verdict of guilty shall be received and the punishment shall be imprisonment as provided in this section." _ I By inserting immediately after section 830 a new section, as fol- $§}Y§ff§f’l’g2,, VOL Ows: 32, I). 635. "Sec. 830a. Whosoever willfully and fraudulently makes away p,§§§,l}°,f’l,§}‘g;,,c§s§g with, secretes, or converts to his own use any property, documents Psgggmmm or assets of any kind or nature belonging to the estate of a deceased ' person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both/’ Divorce By inserting immediately after section 983 a new section, as V0l.31,-p.1347. follows: Final decree not ef- " Sec. 983a. WHEN Dmcimn Fon ANNULMENT on ABSOLUTE mvoncn fective until interlocumrrncrrvn.-—No final decree annnlling or dissolving a marriage ‘°"' °‘°"‘ °*‘p“°‘· shall be entered until after the expiration of ninety ays after the entry of an interlocutory order adjudging that a case for annulment or dissolution has been proved, and every such interlocutory order shall e. ressly state that no annulment or divorce is awarded by it. A uwmmr After lil-ile expiration of such period of ninety days a final decree pp ` shall be entered by the court, provided it is applied for within thirty days, but it shall not be effective to annul or dissolve the marriage A mk wwe, until the expiration of the time allowed for taking an appeal, nor P until the Hnal disposition of any appeal taken, and every such final decree shall expressly so recite." E,,dm,,,_ B striking out section 1064 and inserting in lieu thereof: T,,,,,,,0,,,,,,f,,,,,,,_ "gr:c. 1064. Tnsrmoivr or srmvivme r.m·rr.—1f one of the i¤1§t°g¤r¢v ¤¤¤ ¤<1· original parties to a transaction or contract has, since the date thereof, myc:. ax, p. iw, died or become insane or otherwise incapable of testifying in relation “'“°°d°"· thereto, the other party thereto shall not be allowed to testify as to any transaction with or declaration or admission of the said deceased or otherwise incapable party in any action between said other party or any person claiming under him and the executors, administrators, trustees, heirs, devisees, assignees, committee, or other person Emmons mod, legally representing the deceased or otherwise incapable party use unless he be first called upon to testify in relation to said transaction or declaration or admission by the other part, or the opposite party first testify in relation to the same, or unlless the transaction or contract was made or had with an agent of the said deceased or otherwise incapable (party, and said agent testifies in relation thereto." N,wS,,,,,,,,_ 1 By adding 11111118 `ate y after section 1073 a new section, as fol- 32\;>153;},,p.13·$8:\‘¤¤. ows: ’ ' "Sr:o. 1073b. Pnoor 01-* Mumcunul onnmaivcns Arm REGULA• ,,,§{,§’,$’f,c§§ §§‘§“‘°“‘“ rroxs.-—Municipal ordinances and regulations in force in the Dis- ' trict of Columbia may be proved by producing in evidence a cozy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and such C8I'tl5€d copy shall be prima facie evidence of the due ad0ptl0I1 fwd promulgation of such ordinances and regulations." By striking out section 1160. ,?<;%g¤;¤;¤13ic__E<;{ Bv striking out section 1173 and inserting in lieu thereof: E; "Sec. 1173. RENUNCIATION or imvrsns Arm nnqUns’rs.———A widow iigliifjéigiiiglsti da shall be barred of her right of dower in the land and share  the pe!‘· "*§€’§,§”§,“°q,‘;“‘fé,6 sonal estate by any such devise or bequest unless within six months smmasa. ’ ’