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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 229-232 -JUNE 20, 21, 1949 [63 STAT. or proper, a disinterested attorney shall be assigned by the court to enter his appearance for the defendant and actively defend the cause, and such attorney shall receive such compensation for his services as the court may determine to be proper, such compensation to be paid by the parties as the court may direct." Approved June 20, 1949. [CHAPTER 230] June 20, 1949 [8. 1134] [Public Law 113] D. C . Code, amend- ment. Substitution of pub- lication for personal service of process. AN ACT To amend section 13-108 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia to provide for constructive service by publication in annulment actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the first para- graph of section 105 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1206, ch. 854), as amended (sec. 13-108, D. of C. Code, 1940 edi- tion), is amended to read as follows: "Publication may be substituted for personal service of process upon any defendant who cannot be found and who is shown by affi- davit to be a nonresident, or to have been absent from the District for at least six months, or against the unknown heirs or devisees of deceased persons, in suits for partition, divorce, annulment, by attach- ment, foreclosure or mortgages and deeds of trust, the establishment of title to real estate by possession, the enforcement of mechanics' liens, and all other liens against real or personal property within the District, and in all actions at law and in equity which have for their immediate object the enforcement or establishment of any lawful right, claim, or demand to or against any real or personal property within the jurisdiction of the court." Approved June 20, 1949. [CHAPTER 231] ANT A"TP June 20,1949 Is. 15571 To provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the juvenile court of [Public Law 114] the District of Columbia. Juvenile Court, D.C. Appointment of ad- ditional judge. June 21, 1949 [H. R. 37641 [Public Law 115] Mining claims. Deferment of an- nual assessment work. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asserbled,That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, for a term of six years, or until his successor is appointed and confirmed, one additional judge for the juvenile court of the District of Columbia who shall at the time of appointment be a resident of the District of Columbia. The position occupied by the present judge of said juvenile court shall be abolished when a vacancy shall occur in said position or at the expiration of the present six-year term of said judge, which- ever shall first occur. Approved June 20, 1949. [CHAPTER 232] AN ACT Providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other home- steads by mining activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the perform- ance of not less than $100 worth of labor or the making of improve- ments aggregating such amount, which labor or improvements are 214

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