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F l i g h t from s c e n e of accident.

Revoc a t i o n of operator's permit, etc.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 597-AUG. 17, 1954

Water f a c i l i t y loans.

16 USC 5 9 0 r S90x. 16 USC 590r.

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officers of the executive branch of the Government of the United States who are not domiciled within the District of Columbia, whose appointment to the office held by them was by the President of the United States, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and whose tenure of office is at the pleasure of the President." SEC. 7. Subsection (b) of section 10 of such Act (43 Stat. 1124), as amended (sec. 40-609 (b), D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by striking the third sentence thereof. SEC. 8. Section 10 of such Act (43 Stat. 1124), as amended (sec. 40-609, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by adding two new subsections " (d) " and " (e)", to read as follows: " (d) The Commissioners or their designated agent shall revoke the operator's permit or the privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia, or revoke both such permit and privilege, of any person who is convicted in the District of any of the following offenses: "(1) Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of any intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug. " (2) Any homicide committed by means of a motor vehicle. " (3) Leaving the scene of an accident in which the motor vehicle driven by him was involved and in which there is bodily injury, without giving assistance or making known his identity and address and the identity and address of the owner of said vehicle. "(4) Reckless driving involving bodily injury. "(5) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is involved. "(e) Whenever a judgment of conviction of any offense set forth in subsection (d) has become final, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered shall certify such conviction to the Commissioners or their designated agent, who shall thereupon take the action required by subsection (d) of this section. A judgment of conviction shall be deemed to have become final for the purposes of this subsection— "(1) if no appeal is taken from the judgment, upon the expiration of the time within which an appeal could have been taken, or "(2) if an appeal is taken from the judgment, the date upon which the judgment, having been sustained, can no longer be appealed from or reviewed on a writ of certiorari." SEC. 9. This Act shall become effective thirty days after its enactment. Approved August 16, 1954. Public Law 597

August 17, 1954 [S. 3137]

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CHAPTER 751

AN ACT To make the provisions of the Act of August 28, 1937, relating to the conservation of water resources in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States, applicable to the entire United States, and to increase and revise the limitation on aid available under the provisions of the said Act, 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 promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes", approved August 28, 1937 (60 Stat. 869), is amended— (1) By deleting the phrase "in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States" from the first sentence in the first section:

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