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 PUBLIC LAW 86-716-SEPT. 6, 1960

Defense against certain l i e n s.

Violations. Penalty.

Prosecutions,

Power of Commissioners.

Savings clause.

Effective date.

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District relating to the licensed activity. The provisions of the second, third, and fifth subparagraphs of paragraph (b) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 820; sec. l-244(b), D.C. Code, 1951 edition), shall be applicable to each bond authorized by this section as if it were the bond authorized by the first subparagraph of such paragraph (b) of the first section of said Act approved December 20, 1944: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impose upon the surety on any such bond a greater liability than the total amount thereof or the amount remaining unextinguished after any prior recovery or recoveries. SEC. 3. I n any case in which a property owner or occupant has entered into a contract with a person offering to perform or to arrange for the performance of home improvement work, and such property owner or occupant makes payment for such work to the person offering to perform or arrange for the performance of the same, proof of such payment shall constitute a defense against, and render void, any lien sought to be asserted under the authority of sections 1237, 1238, and 1239 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1384; sees. 38-101,102, and 103, D.C. Code, 1951 edition). SEC. 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act or of any regulation promulgated by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. SEC. 5. Prosecutions for violations of this Act, or of the regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. As used in this Act the term "Corporation Counsel" means the attorney for the District, by whatever title such attorney may be known, designated by the Commissioners to perform the functions prescribed for the Corporation Counsel in this Act. SEC. 6. The authority and power vested in the Commissioners by any provision of this Act shall be deemed to be additional and supplementary to authority and power now vested in them, and not as a limitation. SEC. 7. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or the application of this Act which can be effected without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved September 6, 1960. Public Law 86-716

September 6, 1960 [H. R. 12563]

D. C. motor v e hicles. Identification tags.

AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 3 of title IV of the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 681), as amended (sec.

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