Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 82.djvu/1205

 82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-596-OCT. 17, 1968

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secure a policy of public liability and property damage insurance or other acceptable security providing for such minimum limits of liability as may be required Dy the Commissioner. Any such insurance policy shall include the District and its officers and employees as additional parties insured and shall be cancellable only after thirty days' written notice of such cancellation has been received by the (Commissioner. No such use of public space shall be authorized or continued for any period unless such insurance or other security is maintained in full force and effect during that period. Nothing hereiii contained shall be construed as requiring either the Ignited States or the District to secure a policy of public liability and property damage insurance or other security covering any use of public space by either of the said governments under the authority of this Act. SEC. 403. (a) Any order or notice required by this Act to be served Methods^oi serving shall be deemed to have been served when served by any of the follow- notice. order or ing methods: (1) when forwarded by certified mail to the last known address of the owner as recorded in the real estate assessment records of the District, with return receipt, and such receipt shall constitute prima facie evidence of service upon such owner if such receipt is signed either by the owner or by a person of suitable age and discretion located at such address: Provided, That valid service upon the owner shall be deemed effected (1) if such order or notice shall be refused by the owner and not delivered for that reason; or (2) when delivered to the person to be notified; or (3) when left at the usual residence or place of business of the person to be notified with a jierson of suitable age and discretion then resident or employed therein; or (4) if no such residence or place of business can be found in the District by reasonable search, then if left with any person of suitable age and discretion employed at the office of any agent of the person to be notified, which agent has any authority or duty with reference to the land or tenement to which said order or notice relates; or (5) if any such order or notice forwarded by certified mail be returned for reasons other than refusal, or if personal service of any such order or notice, as hereinbefore provided, cannot be effected, then if published for one day each week for three consecutive weeks in a daily newspaper published in the District: or (6) if by reason of an outstanding unrecorded trjinsfer of title the name of the owner in fact cannot be ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt, then if served on the owner of record in a manner hereinbefore provided. Any order or notice to a corporation shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been served on such corporation if served on the president, secretar}^, treasurer, general manager, or any principal officer of such corporation in the manner hereinbefore prov]ded for the service of orders or notices on natural persons holding property in their own right; and orders or notices to a foreign corporation shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been served if served personally on any agent of such corporation, or if left with any person of suitable age and discretion residing at the usual residence or employed at the usual 1)1 ace of business of such agent in the District. (b) In case such order or notice is served by any method other than personal service, notice shall also be sent to the owner by ordinary mail. SEC. 404. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days. In addition, such regulations as may be adopted by the District of Columbia Council under the authority of this Act may provide for the imposition of a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment for not more than ten days for each and every day any public space is used or occupied in a manner or for a purpose specifically prohibited by the said regulations.

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