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622 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3615, 3616. 1906. of Eleventh and G streets northwest between the building lines of the said streets; nor on any public roadway, street, avenue, or alley within said District outside of said tire limits at a greater 'rate of speed than twenty miles an hour; and when meeting or passing any other vehicle the speed shall not exceed twelve miles an hour, and any automobile shall be brought to a full stop whenever the driver of a horse·drawn vehicle shall signal by raising the hand, and said vehicles remnsy. shall at all times be under the control of the driver or operator; and the driver or operator and the owner or proprietor riding thereon or therein violating any of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and shall, upon conviction for the second offense within one year from the commission of the iirst offense, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imcprisoned for not less than five days nor more than thirt days, at the iscretion of the court; and shall, upon conviction for the third offense within one year from the commission of the first offense, and for any and all subsequent offenses, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, and be imprisoned in the workhouse for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. P¤>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Sec. 2. That prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this Act shall be on information filed in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants. rome mgumuuus Sec. 3. That this Act shall not be held to take away the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make police regulations not inconsistent here with. Approved, June 29, 1906. Juneza, 1906. CHAP. 3618.-An Act To amend section Eve hundred and fifty-eight of the [H· R· 1713**] Code of Law for the District of Columbia. [Public, No. 362.] _ Be zt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C:,ig¤i¢¤<>*C<>l¤¤=bi¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That section five hundred voi. ai, p. 1279, and fifty-eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, “‘{§§,‘?,F§,, ,,,,,,],c_ relating to notaries public, be amended by adding at the end of said

 More me section the following: “Pr0o2°ded, That the appointment of any person

nuepmmeam permit- as such notary public, or the acceptance of his commission as such, or ‘ the performance of the duties thereunder, shall not disqualify or prevent such person from representing clients before any of the Departments of the United States Government in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, provided such person so appointed as a notary public who appears to practice or represent clients before any such Department is not otherwise engaged in Government employ, and shall be admitted by the heads of such Departments to practice therein in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed for other persons or attor- R¤srn¤¢i¤¤· neys who are admitted to practice therein: And provided _ further, That no notary public shall be authorized to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, certify papers, or perform any official acts in connection with matters in w ich he is employed as counsel, attorney, or agent or in which he may be in any way interested before any of the Departments aforesaid? Approved, June 29, 1906.