74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 89. MAY 3, 1935 .
171 of any conviction of such person of aa violation of any provision of any st atute or regulat ion rela ting to the oper ation o f a moto r vehicl e or of any injury or damage caused by such person as herein provided the said director shall so certify . The said director shall collect for each such certificate the sum of $1 . SEC. 7 . The director of vehicles and traffic shall furnish any so Data to in jured per- person who may have bee n injured in person or propert y by any motor vehicle, upon written request, with all information of record in his office pertaining to the evidence of the ability of any operator or owner of any motor vehicle to respond in damages . SEC. 8. Any operator or any owner whose operator's permit or Surrender rrend er permi t, or etc . certificate of registration shall have been suspended as herein pro- ator vided, shall immediately return to the director of vehicles and traffic his operator's permit, certificate of registration, and the number plates issued thereunder . If any person shall fail to return to the said director the operator's permit, certificate of registration, and the number plates issued thereunder as provided herein, the said director shall forthwith direct any member of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia to secure possession thereof and to return the same to the office of the said director . Any person failing Pen alt y provisions . to return on demand such operator's permit or such certificate and numbe r plat es sha ll be guilty of a misdem eanor and sh all be fined not more than $100, and each day such person shall fail to return the same shall c onstitut e a sepa rate off ense . SEC. 9. The said Commissioners or their designated agent may Bo na, etc., may be canceled or money re. cancel such bond or return such evidence of insurance, or the clerk tu rned a fter s years it of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia may, with the operator
lei.•f consent of the said Commissioners or their designated agent, return such money to the person furnishing the same, provided three years shall have elapsed since the filing of such evidence or the making of such deposit, during which period such person shall not have violated any provision of the Traffic Acts referred to in section 2, Ante, p. led. and provided no suit or judgment for damages on account of personal injury or damage to property in excess of $100 resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle by him or his agent shall then be out- standing against such person ; and the affidavit of such person that he has not so violated the motor vehicle laws and that there are then outsta nding agains t him no sui ts or judgme nts fo r dama ges as ete ooutstandingsuits, aforesaid, shall be sufficient proof thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary then before the Commissioners or their designated agent . The said Commissioners or their designated agent may direct the re turn o f any money to the perso n who furnis hed th e same upon the acceptance and substitution of other evidence of his ability to respond in damages or, at any t ime after three years from the expirati on of th e latest registr ation or permit issued to such person, provided no written notice shall have been filed with the director Filing, affidavit of stating that such suit had been brought against such person by ntheDisttrict~' den `e reason of the ownership, mainte nance, or operation of a motor vehicle and upon the filing by such person with the said Commis- sioners or their designated agent of an affidavit that he has abandoned his residence in the District of Columbia or that he has made bona fide sale of any and all motor vehicles owned by him and does not intend to own or operate any mo tor vehicle in the District of Columbia for a period of one or more years . SEC. 10 . Any pe rson who by any other law of t he District of Exemption . Columbia is required to make provision for the payment of loss occasioned by injury to or death of persons or damage to property shall, to the extent of such provision so made and not otherwise, be exempt from this Act .
