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 168 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 89. MAY 3, 1935. designated agent to transmit to the Commissioner of motor vehicles (o r offi cer in charge of th e issu ance o f opera tors' permit s and regis- tration certificates) of the State of which the defendant is a resident a certified copy of the said judgment. If after such proof has been given any other such judgment shall be recovered against such person for any accident occurring before such proof was furnished, and after the effective date of this Act such permit and certificates shall again be and remain suspended while any such judgment remains unsatis- prosisos, fied and subsisting : Provided, however, That (1) when $5,000 has factionofiaagmentsls' been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for personal injury to or the death of one person as the result of any one accident ; (2) when, subject to the limit of $5,000 for each person, the sum of $10,000 has been credited upon any judg- ments rendered in excess of that amount for personal injury to or the death of more than one person as the result of any one accident (3) when $1,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for damage to property as the result of any one accident resulting from the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle by such judgment debtor his agent, or any other person, with his express or implied consent, then and in such event such payment or payments shall be deemed a satisfaction of such judgment or judgments f or the purpose s of this secti on only
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mints permitted. a pay- pr ovid ed f urth er, That a judgment debtor to whom this section applies may, for the sole purpose of giving authority to the Commis- sion ers or their de signated agent to authorize t he judgment deb tor to operate a motor vehicle thereafter, on due notice to the judgment creditor, apply to the court in which the trial judgment was obtained for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments, and the cour t, in its discr etion and witho ut prejudice t o any other leg al remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order, fixing Discretionary resto. the amounts and times of payment of the installments. While the ration of permit, etc. judg ment debtor is not in default in payment of such installmen ts, the Commissioners or their designated agent upon his giving proof of ability to respond in damages for future accidents, as herein pro- vided, may, in their discretion, restore or refrain from suspending his operator's permit and registration certificate or certificates ; but such pe rmit a nd cer tifica te or c ertifi cates shall be susp ended as her e- inbefore provided if and when the Commissioners or their designated agent are sat isfi ed t hat the judg ment deb tor has fail ed t o co mply with the terms of the court order. Owner 's liability. Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this Act, shall be operated upon the public highways of the District of Columbia by any person o ther than the o wner, with the consent of the owner, express or implied, the operator thereof shall, in case of accident, be deemed to be the agent of t he owner of suc h motor vehicl e, and the proof of the ownership of said motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that such person operated said motor vehicle with the consent of the owner. Pr ovisi ons respect- If any such motor-vehicle owner or operator shall not be a resident ersorope nonresident own. of the District of Columbia, t he privilege of operating any motor vehicle in t he District of Columbia and t he privilege of operation within the District of Columbia of any motor vehicle owned by him shall be withdrawn, while any final judgment procured against him for damages, including personal injury or death caused by the oper- ation of any motor vehicle, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, shall be unstayed, unsatisfied, and subsisting, for more than thirty days, and until he shall have given proof of his ability to respond in damages for future accidents as required in section 4 of this Act.