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PUBLIC LAW 86-463-JUNE 20, 1958

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Public Law 85-463 June 20, 1958 [H. R. 7261]

Federal P r o b a tion Act. ^ p l i c ability. 62 Stat. 842.

Repeal.

AN ACT To amend the Federal Probation Act to make it applicable to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 3651, shall apply to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Accordingly, the first paragraph of section 3651 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking therefrom the words, "except in the District of Columbia", so that said paragraph shall read as follows: "Upon entering a judgment of conviction of any offense not punishable by death or life imprisonment, any court having jurisdiction to try offenSfes against the United States when satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interest of the public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, may suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and place the defendant on probation for such period and upon such terms and conditions as the court deems best." SEC. 2. The Act approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 864; sec. 24-102, D. C. Code) is repealed insofar as it applies to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia but nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the suspension of the imposition or execution of sentence in certain cases in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia and in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia", approved June 18, 1953 (67 Stat. 65). Approved June 20, 1958.

Public Law 85-464 June 20, 1958 [H. R. 7953]

Forest Service. 37 Stat. 843; 46 Stat. 1052.

AN ACT To facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate cmjd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of March 4, 1913, as amended (16 U.S.C. 502), is hereby amended by substituting for the last proviso of subsection (c) the following: '-And -provided further, That except for fire fighting emergencies no reimbursement herein authorized shall be made in an amount in excess of $50 to persons who were employees of the Forest Service prior to the time the equipment was obtained or $2,500 in any other case, unless the equipment was made available under a written agreement, contract, or lease," and by changing the designation of that subsection from (c) to (d) and inserting a new subsection (c) as follows:

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