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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 2-JAN. 15, 1942 47 Stat. 555 . D.C. Code §47- 2331. Post, p. 375. Sightseeing vehicles for school children. Operating certifi- cates. Occasional sightsee- ing operations. Operating certifi- cates. Provlo. Time limitation. provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes". approved July 1, 1902, as amended (D. C . Code, Supp. V, title 20, sec. 1731),is amended by adding at the end thereof new subparagraphs as follows: "(g) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the procuring of a license, or the payment of a tax, with respect to a vehicle operated for sightseeing purposes if the only passengers transported in such sightseeing operations are school children, their teachers, or escorts, and transported to the District of Columbia from the State in which their school is located in such vehicle and if a certificate for each such vehicle is obtained from the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia. Application for such cer- tificate shall be made to the Public Utilities Commission of the Dis- trict of Columbia stating the name of the school, the date or dates on which such operations would be conducted, and sufficient informa- tion for identification of the vehicle to be so engaged. The said Commission shall furnish to such school a certificate for each such vehicle upon which there shall be entered the name of the school, the date or dates on which such vehicle may be operated, and identifica- tion of the vehicle for which the said certificate is granted. Such certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in or on said vehicle when operated in the District of Columbia. "(h) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the procuring of a license, or the payment of a tax, with respect to a vehicle operated for sightseeing purposes if such sightseeing opera- tions are only occasional and the only passengers transported in such sightseeing operations are persons transported to the District of Columbia from a point or points outside of said District in such vehicle, and if a certificate for such operation is obtained from the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia. Applica- tion for such certificate shall be made to the Public Utilities Com- mission of the District of Columbia, stating the date or dates on which occasional sightseeing operations would be conducted and the number of vehicles to be operated. The said Commission shall fur- nish such applicant a certificate for each such vehicle upon which shall be entered the date or dates such operations may be conducted without a license from the District of Columbia: Provided, That such certificates shall not be issued for such occasional sightseeing operations under the same ownership, management, control, or arrangement for a greater number of days than authorized in this subparagraph. The certificate herein authorized shall be conspicu- ously displayed in each such vehicle when operated in the District of Columbia. The operation in the District of Columbia by the same ownership, management, control, or arrangement of any such vehicle or vehicles in sightseeing operations shall not be construed to be occasional if such ownership, management, control, or arrangement shall operate any such vehicle or vehicles for sightseeing purposes in the District of Columbia for more than fifteen calendar days in any license year. Motor vehicles transporting school children for sighteeing purposes as exempted under the preceding subparagraph (g) shall not be included in such computation of operations. Sight- seeing operations shall not be construed to include transportation to or from the hotel or terminal en route into or out of said District." Approved, January 15, 1942. [56 STAT.

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