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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 415, 416 -AUG. 10, 1949 minor child, then to such creditors, heirs, or other persons as may appear in the judgment of the public administrator to be legally entitled thereto, and the title to such estate shall vest absolutely in the person or persons to whom the same is paid out and delivered as provided in this section." SEC. 7 . Title 5 of the Canal Zone Code is amended by adding in article 8 of chapter 11 thereof a new section numbered 573 and reading as follows: "573. REGULATIONS FOR FIRE PROTECTION; VIOLATIONs. -The Gov- ernor of the Panama Canal is granted continuing authority to make regulations for prevention of, and protection against, fires in the Canal Zone: Provided, however, That no regulation made under this section shall have force or effect within the boundaries of any military or naval reservation in the Canal Zone, unless prescribed with the con- currence of the officers commanding the military and naval forces in the Canal Zone, as to the reservations within their respective juris- dictions. Any person who shall violate any of the regulations pre- scribed under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." SEC. 8 . Title 5 of the Canal Zone Code is amended by adding in article 10 of chapter 14 thereof a new section numbered 812 and read- ing as follows: "812. INJURING OR TAMPERING WrrH MOTOR VEHICLE, LAUNCH, OR AIRcArrF. - Every person who, without the consent of the owner of any motor vehicle "(a) willfully injures or tampers with such motor vehicle or the contents thereof; "(b) breaks or removes any part or parts of or from such motor vehicle; "(c) climbs into or upon such motor vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, with intent to commit any malicious mischief, or injury or other crime; or "(d) manipulates or attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of such motor vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended, is guilty of a misdemeanor. As used in this section the term 'motor vehicle' shall mean and include any automobile, motorcycle, other motor vehicle, motorboat or launch, or aircraft." SEC. 9. The following statutes or parts of statutes are repealed: (a) Canal Zone Code, title 2, chapter 17, article 2, which article includes sections 331 to 333 of said title 2; (b) Canal Zone Code, title 4, sections 1467 and 1468; (c) The Act of May 3, 1932, entitled "An Act to authorize the modification of the boundary line between the Panama Canal Zone and the Republic of Panama, and for other purposes" (ch. 162, 47 Stat. 145; 48 U. S . C . 1304a to 1304c); (d) The Act of June 19, 1934, entitled "An Act authorizing the President to make rules and regulations in respect to alcoholic bev- erages in the Canal Zone, and for other purposes" (ch. 657, 48 Stat. 1116; 48 U. S. C. 1314b to 1314d). Approved August 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 416] AN ACT To revive and reenact, as amended, the Act entitled "An Act creating the City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and at or near Fulton, Illinois", approved December 21, 1944. Be it enacted by the Senate amd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act 597 Exception. "Motor vehicle." Repeals. 48 U.S. C.§ 1314e. August 10, 1949 [S. 1577 [Public Law 220] Miassisppi River. Bridge at Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, m.

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