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PUBLIC LAW 755-AUG. 31, 1954

Public Law 755 August 31, 1954 [H. R. 8915]

District o f C o lumbia. Municipal Court of Appeals.

Administrative agency orders o r decisions. Review.

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CHAPTER 1173

AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to consolidate the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, to be known as 'The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia,' to create 'The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia', and for other purposes."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to consolidate the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, to be known as 'The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia', to create 'The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia', and for other purposes," approved April 1, 1942 (ch. 207, 56 Stat. 190; sec. 11-772, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), be, and it is hereby amended by adding to section 7 of said Act the following new paragraphs: "(e) The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to review, in the manner hereinafter provided, the following orders or decisions of administrative agencies of the District of Columbia— " (1) any decision of the Board of Pharmacy refusing to renew a license to practice pharmacy or refusing to renew a permit to deal in poisons for use in the arts or as insecticides under the provisions of the Act of May 7, 1906 (ch. 2084, 34 Stat. 177), as amended (sec. 2-606, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(2) any decision of the Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine revoking or suspending a license to practice veterinary medicine or any branch thereof under the provisions of the Act of February 1, 1907 (ch. 442,,34 Stat. 873; sec. 2-810, D. C Code, 1951 edition); "(3) any order of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their agent or a decision of the Commissioners denying, revoking, or suspending a motor-vehicle operator's permit under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1925 (ch. 443,43 Stat. 1121), as amended (sec. 40-302, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(4) any decision of the Board of Examiners and Registrars of Architects annulling or revoking a certificate to practice architecture under the provisions of the Act of December 13, 1924 (ch. 9, 43 Stat. 717), as amended (sec. 2-1028, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(5) any order of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia denying, revoking or suspending a license for a private employment agency under the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1932 (ch. 366, 47 Stat. 559; sec. 47-2101, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(6) any decision of the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing A r t in the District of Columbia denying a license or a registration to practice the healing art under the provisions of the Act of February 27, 1929 (ch. 352,45 Stat. 1338; sec. 2-129, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(7) any decision of the Nurses' Examining Board denying registration or reregistration of a nurse or school of nursing under the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1929 (ch. 540, 45 Stat. 1521; sec. 2-406, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); "(8) any decision of the Board of Barber Examiners refusing to issue, renew, restore, or revoking a certificate of registration as a registered barber or barber apprentice under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1938 (ch. 322, 52 Stat. 622; sec. 2-1110, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); and

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