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Definition.

PUBLIC LiAW 365-MAY 25, 1954

[68 S T A T.

as granted and the case set down for hearing on appeal. If a majority of the court shall be of the opinion that the appeal should be denied such denial shall stand as an affirmance of the order appealed from. Said court is authorized to prescribe fees and promulgate rules governing the application for the allowance of an appeal and the record and proceedings on appeal, and the said court shall have power to affirm, modify, or reverse the order or decision of the Commissioners, where the appeal is allowed pursuant hereto; and the decision of said court whether in denying an application for allowance of appeal or in deciding an appeal after it has been granted shall be final. The application to said court for the allowance of an appeal shall not operate as a stay of such order of the Commissioners, unless the applicant shall have deposited with the Commissioners, under protest and subject to the decision of the court, security in the amount required by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or a bond in an amount equal to the amount of security required by the Commissioners, guaranteeing that the applicant, in the event the order appealed from is sustained or modified by the court, will comply fully therewith. I n the event said order of the Commissioners shall be ordered vacated, either by the court or the Commissioners, the security deposited under protest shall be returned to the depositor or the bond shall be canceled. For the purposes of this section, the phrase "review by the Commissioners" shall mean a review by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia or a review by any board of review established by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to review the order or act of any agent of the Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of this Act. No member of such board of review established by the Commissioners shall review any of his own orders or acts. SEC. 5. COMMISSIONERS TO F U R N I S H OPERATING RECORD.—(a)

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Commissioners shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the District of Columbia operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this Act, which abstract shall include enumeration of any motor-vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved and reference to any convictions of said person for violation of the motor-vehicle laws as reported to the Commissioners and a record of any vehicles registered in the name of such person. The Commissioners shall collect for each abstract the sum of $2. (b) The Commissioners shall upon request furnish any person an uncertified abstract of the District operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this Act, which abstract shall include enumeration of any motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved and reference to any convictions of said person for violation of the motor vehicle laws, as reported to the Commissioners. The Commissioners shall collect for each such uncertified abstract a sum equal to the cost to the District of furnishing such abstract, as such cost may be determined by the Commissioners from time to time. SEC. 6. COMMISSIONERS To F U R N I S H INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITT.—The Commissioners shall furnish to any

person who may be injured in person or property by any motor vehicle, upon written request, a statement that the owner or operator of any motor vehicle has furnished evidence of his ability to respond in damages in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and if such owner or operator shall have furnished evidence of having had in effect at the time of such injury or damage a motor-vehicle liability policy, the name and address of the insurance carrier writing such policy. The Commissioners shall collect for each abstract the sum of $2.

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