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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 476, 477. JULY 14,1932. 659 [CHA PTER 476 .1 AN ACT July 14, 1932. To amend an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1898, entitled "An Act to 	[s .3400 .]	regulate plumbing and gas fitting in the District of Columbia ." [Public, No. 280 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That sections 3 Restof nof lumbia. and 4 of the Act of Congress approved June 18, 1898, entitled "An lng end gas fitting . Act to regulate plumbing and gas fitting in the District of Colum- am end ed .0, p. 47 7, bia," be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows : ande ase r pe rs mb ers "SEc . 3 . That applicants for licenses as master plumbers and gas cense e~rtcndod for 11- fitters o r master gas fitte rs, who a re citize ns of the United S tates, must be twenty-one years of age, must make application in their own handwriting, and must accompany such application with a certificate as to good character signed by at least three reputable resident s of the District of Columb ia, two of whom s hall cert ify that the appli cants have had at l east four year s' ex peri ence in th e plumbing and gas-fitting business . " Sm. 4 . That all renewals of existing licenses and all new licenses Feestnoleased& as a master'•plumber and gas fitter or master gas fitter shall be for a period of not more than one year and that the fee for such license shall be not less than $10 nor more than $25 per annum, to be fixed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for a license year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. Such special ayo a additional tc license fee shall be separate from, or in addition to any contractors' license tax. or busin ess licen se tax, h ereafter fixed fo r this an d similar occupa- tions by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia according to law. Licenses issued at any time after the beginning of the year For portion of year. shall date from the first day of the month in which the license is issued and end on the la st day of the lice nse year, and paym ent shall be made of a proportional amount of the annual license fee. Any Corp oratio ns, etc. licensee may apply for and receive a license for or on behalf of any firm, copartnership, or corporation that he is a bona fide member of, or a substantial stockholder in, but all plumbing or gas fitting done pursuant to such license shall be done under the immediate personal supervision of the licensed man. "The Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their duly mA°on Authority of co- authorized agent shall have the power to suspend or revoke any plumber's or gas fitter's license for a violation of the plumbing or gas-fitting regulations after a public hearing granted the licensee or after conviction in court for such violation or for conduct invo lving moral turpit ude . This Act sh all be come e ffecti ve on the Eff ective date . 1st day of January following its enactment ." Approv ed, Ju ly 14, 1932. [CHAPTER 477 .1 AN ACT July 14, 1932. To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in certain cases. [H. R . 5513.1 [Public, No. 281 .] Be it e nacted by th e Sena te and House of Rep resent atives of th e Buffalo, N. Y. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That, upon the consent to na me condi tions her ein presc ribed for the pro tection o f the Uni ted State s, d efendant to quiet a rte the consent of the United States be, and it is hereby, given to be etc ., to certain lands in. named a party in any suit which may hereafter be brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York, for the purpose of quieting the title to, determining conflictin pea claims to, or removing clouds from the title to the following-describe real property