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68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 366-MAY 25, 1954

64. APPLICATION OP DEPOSIT.—Such deposit shall be used to satisfy in accordance with the provisions of this Act, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of the District of Columbia after such deposit was made. Money so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid. SEC.

SEC. 65, OWNER M A Y GIVE PROOF FOR OTHERS.—The owner of a

motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility on behalf of his employee or a member of his immediate family or household in lieu of the furnishing of proof by any said person. The furnishing of such proof shall permit such person to operate only a motor vehicle covered Dy such proof. The Commissioners shall endorse appropriate restrictions on the face of the license held by such person, or may issue a new license containing such restrictions. SEC. 66. SUBSTITUTION OF PROOF.—The Commissioners shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or return any money to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this Act. SEC. 67. OTHER PROOF MAY B E REQUIRED.—Whenever any proof of

financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this Act no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the Commissioners shall, for the purpose of this Act, require other proof as required by this Act and shall suspend the license and registration pending the filing of such other proof. SEC. 68. DURATION o r PROOF—^WHEN PROOF MAY B E CANCELED OR

RETURNED,—(a) The Commissioners shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the Commissioners shall return to the person entitled thereto any money deposited pursuant to this Act as proof of financial responsibility, or the Commissioners shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events: (1) A t any time after three years from the date such proof was required when, during the three-year period preceding the request, the Commissioners have not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license or registration of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished; or (2) I n the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or (3) I n the event the person who has given proof surrenders his license and registration to the Commissioners. (b) The Commissioners shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon any such liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money has within one year immediately preceding such request been involved as a driver or owner in any mot or-vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. A n afiidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that he has been released from all of

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