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PUBLIC LAW 650-JULY 3, 1956

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" (b) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt rules and regulations governing the filing of reports of births and the issuance of delayed birth registration certificates, in those cases where certificates of birth have not been recorded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section." Approved July 2, 1956. Public Law 650 July 3, 19S6 [S. 1275]

CHAPTER 508

AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to designate employees of the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and grounds of any institution located upon property outside of the District of Columbia acquired by the United States for District sanitoriums, hospitals, training schools, and other institutions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ^imi etc!*"^***'^' ^^^^^^<^ States of America in Congress assenwied, That (a) the Comurns, etc* r.i_. _n...—X _ D e s i g* at ion of missioners of the District of Columbia may designate any employee of employees to protect property o u t - the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and side District* grounds of any institution upon land outside the District acquired by the United States for the District of Columbia for the establishment or operation thereon of any sanitorium, hospital, training school, correctional institution, reformatory, workhouse, or jail: Provided, That such employee shall be bonded for the faithful discharge of such duties, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall fix the penalty P o w e r s to arrest* of any such bond. Whenever any employee is so designated he is hereby authorized and empowered (1) to arrest under a warrant within the buildings and grounds of any such institution any person accused of having committed within any such buildings or grounds any offense against the laws of the United States, or against any rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to this Act; (2) to arrest without a warrant any person committing any such offense within such buildings or grounds, in his presence; or (3) to arrest without warrant within such buildings or grounds, any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony in such buildings or grounds. W e a p o n s, uni(b) Any individual having the power to arrest as provided in subforms, etc* section (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons and shall wear such uniform with such identification badge as the Commissioners may direct or by regulation may prescribe. Rules and reguSEC. 2. The Commissioners may make and amend such rules and lations* regulations as they deem necessary for the protection of life and property in or on the buildings and grounds of any such institution. SEC. 3. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Deposit of c o 1 SEC. 4. The officer on duty in command of those employees desiglateral* nated by the Commissioners as provided in section 1 of this Act may accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under this Act, for appearance in court or before the appropriate United States commissioner; and such collateral shall be deposited with the United States commissioner sitting in the district where the offense has been committed. Agreements with SEC. 5. The Commissioners may enter into agreements with any of States* the States, or any political subdivision thereof, where any such institution mentioned in section 1 of this Act is located, for such governmental services as the Commissioners shall deem necessary to the

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