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PUBLIC LAW 98—JULY 31, 1951

Public Law 98 July 31, 1951 [H. R. 3455)

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AN ACT To amend section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, relating to parole of Federal prisoners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SdmenYs amendments. ^ ^'"*^' ^^*?^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4202 02 Stat. 854 of title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "§4202. Prisoners eligible "A Federal prisoner, other than a juvenile delinquent or a committed youth offender, wherever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, whose record shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, may be released on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over forty-five years." Approved July 31, 1951.

Public Law 99 August 1, 1951 [S. 263]

District of Columbia. Insane persons, commitment, etc.

33 Stat. 318. Validity of certiflcate.

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AN ACT To amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the apprehensionand detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1904, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1904, as amended (sec. 21-330, D. C. CodCj 1940 edition), is hereby amended to read: "That for the purpose of this Act no certificate as to the sanity or the insanity of any person shall be valid which has been issued (a) by a physician who has not been regularly licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia, unless he be a commissioned surgeon of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service, or a physician employed by the Veterans' Administration; or (b) by a physician who is related by blood or by marriage to the person whose mental condition is in question. No certificate alleging the insanity of any person shall be valid, which has been issued by a physician who is financially interested in the hospital or asylum in which the alleged insane person is to be confined; nor, except in the case of physicians employed by the United States or the District of Columbia, shall any such certificate be valid which has been issued by a physician who is professionally or officially connected with such hospital or asylum." Approved August 1, 1951.

Public Law 100 August 1, 1951 [S. 673]

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AN ACT To permit the exchange of land belonging to the District of Columbia for land belonging to the abutting property owner or owners, and for other purposes.

^_District of coium- ^Q {f enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Exchange o land. United States of America in Congress assembled, That where two lots f

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