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PUBLIC LAW 2 6 1 - F E B. 29, 1952

judgment of such court. The municipal court for the District of Columbia is authorized to determine which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession of the dangi^rous article and to enter a judgment ordering a disposition of such dangerous article consistent with subsection (f). "(4) If there is no such appeal, or if such aijpeal is dismissed or withdrawn, the property clerk shall dispose of such dangerous article in accordance with subsection (f). "(5) The property clerk shall make no disposition of a dangerous article under this section, whether in accordance with his own decision or in accordance with the judgment of the nuuiicipal court for the District of Columbia, until the United States attorney for the District of Columbia certifies to him that such dangerous article will not be needed as evidence. "(e) A person claiming a dangerous article shall be entitled to its possession only if (1) he shows on satisfactory evidence that he is the owner of the dangerous article or is the accredited representative of the owner, and that the ownership is lawful; and (2) he shows on satisfactory evidence that at the time the dangerous article was taken into possession by a police officer it Avas not unlawfully owned and was not unlawfully possessed or carried by the claimant or with his knowletlge or consent; and (3) the receipt of possession by him will not cause the article to be a nuisance. A representative is accredited if he has a power of attorney from the owner, "(f) If a person claiming a dangerous article is entitled to its possession as determined under subsections (d) and (e), possession of such dangerous article shall be given to such person. If no person so claiming is entitled to its possession as determined under subsections (d) ancr(e), or if there be no claimant, such dangerous article shall be destroyed. I n lieu of such destruction, any such serviceable dangerous article may, upon order of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, be transferred to and used by any Federal or District Government law-enforcing agency, and the agency receiving same shall establish property responsibility and records of these dangerous articles. " (g) The property clerk shall not be liable in damages for any action performed in good faith under this section." Approved February 20, 1952. Public Law 261

Right to p o s s e s sion.

Nonliability.

CHAPTER 49

JOINT RESOLUTION Designating September 17 of each year as "Citizensliip Day".

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the I7th day of September of each year is hereby designated as "Citizenship Day" in commemoration of the formation and signing, on September 17, 1787, of the Constitution of the United States and in recognition of all who, by coming of age or by naturalization have attained the status of citizenship, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to issue annually a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on such day, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies. That the civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, and towns be, and they are hereby, urged to make plans for the proper observance of this day and for the full instruction of citizens in their

February 29, 1952 [ H. J. R e a. 314]

Designation of "C i t i z e n s h i p Day".

Proclamation.

Observance.

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