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 172 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 89. MAY 3, 1935 . ab tyro respond n SEC . 11. Any person who shall forge or, without authority, sign dam ages. any evidence of ability to respond in damages as required by the said Commissioners or their designated agent in the administration of this Act shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both. bll ity i ~; a0ane`d . SEc. 12 . " Motor-vehicle liability policy ", as used in this Act, shall be taken to mean a policy of liability insurance issued to the person therein named as insured by an insurance carrier authorized to trans- act bu siness in the Distri ct of Colu mbia, or i n the case of a nonr esi- dent, by an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in any conten ts. of the several States, which policy shall designate, by explicit description or by appropriate reference, all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is intended to be granted by said policy, and shall insure the insured named therein and any other person using or responsible for the use of any such motor vehicle with the consent, express or implied, of such insured, against loss from the liability imposed upon such insured by law or upon such other person for injury to or death of any person, other than such person or per- sons as may be covered, as respects such injury or death by any workmen's compensation law, or damage to property except property of others in charge of the insured or the insured's employees growing out of the maintenance, use, or operation of any such motor vehicle in the United States of America ; or which policy shall, in the alter- native, insure the person therein named as insured against loss from the liability imposed by law upon such insured for injury to or death of any person, other than such person or persons as may be covered as respects such injury or death by any workmen's compensation law, or damage to property, except property of others in charge of the insured or the insured's employees, growing out of the operation or use by such insured of any motor vehicle, except a motor vehicle registered in the name of such insured, and occurring while such ins ured is pe rsonally i n control, as driver or occupan t, of such motor vehicle within the United States of America, to the amount or limit of $5,000, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to or Personal injur y or death of any one person, and, subject to the same limit as respects death_ inj ury to or death of o ne person, of $10,000, exclusiv e of inter est and costs, on account of any one accident resulting in injury to or death Propert y damages. of more than one person ; and of $1,000 for damage to property of others, as herein provided, resulting from any one accident ; o r a binder pending the issuance of any such policy, or an indorsement to Eaeess s coverage al- an existing policy as hereinafter provided : Provided, That this sec- lowed. Lion shall not be construed as preventing such insurance carrier from granting an y lawful c overage in excess of or in add ition to t he cover- age herein provided for, nor from embodying in such policy any agr eements, p rovisions, or stipul ations not contrary t o the prov isions Term construed. of this Act and not otherwise contrary to law : Provided, however That separate concurrent policies covering, respectively, (a) persona injur y or death, as a fores aid, a nd (b ) prop erty damage , as afore- said, shall be considered a motor-vehicle liability policy within the meaning of this Act. bySups Superintendent of No motor-vehicle liability policy shall be issued or delivered in the Insurance. District of Columbia until a copy of the form of policy shall have been on file with the Superintendent of Insurance for at least thirty days, unless sooner approved in writing by the Superintendent of Insuranc e, nor if within sai d period o f thirty d ays the Su perintende nt of Insurance shall have notified the carrier in writing that in his opinion, specifying the reasons therefor, the form of policy does not comply with the laws of the District of Columbia. The Superin- tendent of Insurance shall approve any form of policy which dis-