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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 612, 613-DEC. 20,1944 tions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, sums of money not to exceed $500 at any one time, to be used for office and sundry expenses of the Commission and for payment of com- pensation of inspectors, referees, judges, timekeepers, and examining ph icians. Audit of acounts . 11. It shall be the duty of the auditor of the District of Colum- bia to audit the accounts of the Commission quarterly and make reports thereof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The auditor shall have free access to all books of accounts, records, and papers of the said Commission. Powers of members. SEC. 12. Each member of the Commission shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations and examine witnesses concerning Subpenas. any matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commis- sion shall be vested with the same powers to issue subpenas as to matters within its jurisdiction as are vested in trial boards of the Fase swearing Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments; false swearing on the part of any witness before said Commission shall be punishable in the same manner as false swearing before said trial boards, and obedience to any subpena issued by the Commission may be com- pelled in the same manner as obedience is compelled to subpenas tD.. Code §§4o0 issued by said trial boards, as set forth in the Act approved April 16,1932 (47 Stat. 86). No personal liabli- SEC. 13. The members of the Boxing Commission of the District of Columbia shall not be personally liable in damages or for court costs for any official action of the said Commission performed in good faith in which the said members participate. Penalties. SEC. 14. Any person who (1) holds any boxing contest in the Dis- trict of Columbia without a permit valid and effective at the time, or (2) engages or participates in any boxing contest in the District of Columbia without a license valid and effective at the time, or (3) violates any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Prosecutions. SE. 15. Prosecutions for violations of the provisions of this Act, or of any rule or regulation made under the authority thereof, shall be on information in the municipal court for the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants. "P er son." SEC. 16. The term "person", as used in this Act, includes individ- uals, partnerships, corporations, and associations. D.C.COde II -1201 SEC. 17. The Acts of April 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 608), and June 15, to -1209. 1938 (52 Stat. 691), are hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 613] December 20,1944 AN ACT [H. R.4867] To extend the health regulations of the District of Columbia to Government [Public Law 508] restaurants within the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dieth regulations, United States of America in Congress assembled,That the regulations Extension to Gov- now or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the Commissioners of ementrestaurants. the District of Columbia for the protection of health, including the penalty provisions of such regulations, shall extend and apply to all restaurants, coffee shops, cafeterias, short-order cafes, luncheonettes, soda fountains, and all other eating and drinking establishments, operated within the District of Columbia on premises owned or held under lease by the Government of the United States or any Federal department or agency, irrespective of whether such establishments are operated by the United States or any Federal department or [58 STAT.

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