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63 Stat. 107. Ante, p. 570. 49 Stat. 900.

48 Stat. 336.

PUBLIC LAW 91-536-DEC. 8, 1970

[84 STAT.

(2) by inserting immediately after such second sentence the following new sentence: "Without the District, but not more than twenty-five miles distant from the place of the hearing, such summons shall be served by a United States marshal or his deputy."; and (3) by striking out "United States District Court for the Dis^j^[f>i of Columbia" in the third and fourth sentences and inserting j ^ lieu thereof "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions". SEC. 5. The proviso in the first sentence of section 13 of the District of ColumMa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-114) is amended by inserting ", the holder of a retailer's license, class A," immediately after "wholesaler's license", and by inserting a comma immediately before "may store beverages". SEC. 6. Section 35 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-133) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: " For purposes of this section, the extension of credit by the holder of a class A retailer's license in connection with a sale by such license holder of any beverage through a credit card or other document or device intended or adapted for the purpose of establishing credit shall be considered a sale on credit of such beverage by such license holder.". Approved December 8, 1970,

Public Law 91-536 Decembers, 1970

[H. R. 13565]

AN A P T ^^ i-

To validate certain deeds improperly acknowledged or executed (or both) that are recorded in the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Setiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 515 of property' e'xecuthe Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of ted. validation. i Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 4 5 ^ 0 8), is amended— (1) by striking out "prior to the adoption of this code" and inserting in lieu thereof "prior to January 1, 1969,", (2) by inserting " (1) " immediately alter "in the District" in the paragraph of such section designated "Seventh" and by adding before the period at the end of such paragraph the following: ", (2) which may have been recorded without the seal of the notary public before whom the acknowledgment was taken having been first attached, (3) in which the certificate of acknowledgment is not in the prescribed form, (4) which may have been acknowledged before a person who was not a proper officer, or (5) in which the official character of the officer taking the acknowledgment is not set out in the body of the certificate", and (3) by inserting " (a) " immediately after "Defective acknowledgments.—" and by adding at the end of such section the following new subsection: " (b) This section shall not be construed to validate any deed with respect to which there was any misrepresentation, fraudulent act, or illegal provision in connection with its execution or acknowledgment." Approved December 8, 1970. D.C. Deeds, im-

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