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PUBLIC LAW 85-792-AUG. 28, 1958

of the District of Columbia and is a nonresident thereof at the time process is sought to be served on him as a result of such accident or collision. "(c) The appointment of the Commissioners or their successors in office to be the true and lawful attorney for such nonresident as provided by this section shall be irrevocable and binding upon the executor, administrator, or other personal representative of such nonresident. Where a nonresident has been served in accordance with this section and he dies thereafter, the court must allow the action to be continued against his executor, administrator, or other personal representative upon motion, and with such notice as the court deems proper. Except as otherwise provided in the two preceding sentences, service of process may be made on the executor, administrator, or other personal representative of a nonresident in the same manner as is provided in this section in the case of a nonresident." SEC. 5. Subsection (b) of section 12 of such Act, approved May 25, Accident report. 1954 (sec. 40-428 (b), D. C. Code, 1951), is amended by inserting immediately after "accident report" the following: ", or refuses or neglects to make such report,". SEC. 6. Paragraph numbered (4) of section 18 of such Act approved May 25, 1954 (sec. 40-434 (4), D. C. Code, 1951), is amended by inserting immediately after "section 79" the following: "of this Act or part II of the Interstate Commerce Act". Rel SEC. 7. Section 22 of such Act approved May 25, 1954 (sec. 40-438, bility.e a s e from liaD. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by adding the following new subsection: " (d) I n any accident involving property of the United States or the District of Columbia, should it appear upon investigation by or on behalf of the United States or the District that a person involved in such accident may not be liable to the United States or the District for any damage resulting therefrom, such person may submit, and the appropriate United States official and the Commissioners are hereby authorized to give to him, a statement to such effect, and such statement may be in lieu of the release required by this section: Provided, That the United States and the Commissioners may withdraw such statement at any time if it should appear that the person to whom it was given may be liable to the United States or the District for damages arising out of such accident, and if such statement be withdrawn, the person to whom it was given shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Act." Settle SEC. 8. Section 24 of such Act approved May 25, 1954 (sec. 40-440, greement. m e n t aD. C. Code, 1951), is amended by adding the following subsection: "(e) The Commissioners may accept evidence of a payment to the driver or owner of a vehicle involved in a n j accident by any other person involved in such accident or by the insurance carrier of any other person involved in such accident on account of damage to property or bodily injury as a settlement agreement relieving such driver or owner from the security and suspension provisions of this article in respect to any possible claim by the person on whose behalf such payment has been made might have for property damage or bodily injury arising out of the accident. A payment to the insurance carrier of a driver or owner under the carrier's right of subrogation for the purposes of this article shall be considered the equivalent of a payment to such driver or owner." n8 SEC. 9. Section 37 of such Act approved May 25, 1954 (sec. 40-453, l i cS u s8ep eetc. ion of en, D. C. Code, 1951), is amended to read as follows: "SEC.

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license and registration of all vehicles registered in the name of any person who by a final order or judgment shall have forfeited any bond

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