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PUBLIC LAW 610-AUG. 20, 1954 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums not in excess of $25,000,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved August 20, 1954. Public Law 609
CHAPTER 778
^^ ACT To provide that the Metropolitan Police force shall keep arrest books which are open to public inspection.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 386 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4—134), is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (3); by renumbering paragraph (4) as paragraph (5), and by inserting between paragraphs (4) and (5) the following new paragraph: "(4) Arrest books, which shall contain the following information: "(a) Case number, date of arrest, and time of recording arrest in arrest book; "(b) Name, address, date of birth, color, birthplace, occupation, and marital status of person arrested; "(c) Offense with which person arrested was charged and place where person was arrested; " (d) Name and address of complainant; "(e) Name of arresting officer; and "(f) Disposition of case; and". SEC. 2. Section 389 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4-135), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 389. The records to be kept by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 386 shall be open to public inspection when not in actual use and this requirement shall be enforceable by mandatory injunction issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on the application of any person." Approved August 20, 1954. Public Law 610
Post, p. 807.
August 20, 1954 [S. 3655]
D. C. books.
P u b l i c inspection.
CHAPTER 779
AN ACT To amend the laws granting education and training benefits to certain veterans to extend the period during which such benefits may be offered.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 212 (a) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 is amended by striking out "two" and inserting "three" in lieu thereof. (b) Section 213 of such Act is amended by striking out "seven" and inserting "eight" in lieu thereof. SEC. 2. The proviso in paragraph 1 of part VII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) is amended by inserting before the period
August 20, 1954 [H. R. 9888]
Veterans. Education benefits. 66 Stat. 664. 38 USC 917, 918.
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