Evening star., 1924-12-31

agreement or arrangement for III III
payment of any bonus or other con
slderatton in connection with any
lease or other contract for the use o.
occupancy OF any rental property oI
apartment, or who participates in an
nctitious sale or other device or ar
rangement the purpose of which is I'd
grant or obtain the use or occupancy#
or any rental property or apartmentM
without subjecting such use or occu
pancy to the provisions of this act OF
to the jurisdiction of the commission @
shall in either case be guilty of a Il
misdemeanor, shall be prosecuted II 8
the same manner as prescribed for
other ,misdemeaners in the District of
Columbia, and shall upon convictionN
be punished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000, or by Imprisonment for not ex-
ceeding. one year, or by both.
Section 81. Any and all rights andf
remedies which may have heretoforeE
accrued or may hereafter accrue to-
any person or persons under the pro-
visions OF Title IL Of the Food Con-!
troll and District Of Columbia Rents.
Act as approved October %, 1919, as|
amended and extended by act ap-I
proved August "a, 1921, as furtherI
amended and extended by act ap-l
proved May %, 1922, and as further|
amended and extended by act apl
proved May II, 1924 and any and ALL
obligations, liabilities and penaltiesI
which may have arisen or been incur
red for any violation of said act and
its amendments or of any order of
this commission created Hereunder,
or which may hereafter arise or be
incurred by any person or persons
under the provisions of said Title ri
of said act or its amendments, areI
hereby preserved and continued in
full force and effect, and shall be-
prosecuted and enforced by the COM
mission hereby created in the manner
herein provided.
Powers Continued.
"Section 81 Any and all actions taken
and proceedings begun under the pro-
visions of Title II of said Food Con-
troll and District of Columbia Rents
Act and any of the amendments
thereto shall be continued, determined
and enforced in the same manner and
with the same effect as if they had
been begun under the provisions of
this act, and all powers and duties
in respect to such proceedings, the
enforcement of any and all penalties
hereunder the title, custody and pos
session of all records and other prop
erty of every kind and nature what
soever, and the disposition of all
moneys heretofore vesteS and reposed
in the commission created under said
Title II Of said act, as extended and
amended. shall at the time and the
date upon which this act takes effect
be and become vested in the commits
sion hereby created and established,
any provision in said Title II or It's
amendments to the contrary notwith-
standing.
fSection SO. No action shall be brought
to recover on any cause of action
which may have accrued under Title
II of said Food Control and District
of Columbia Rents Act, or which may
hereafter accrue under the provisions Of
said title or of this act, and no prosecu-
tion for any fine or penalty imposed
by said title or by this act shall be
instituted after three years shall have
elapsed since the time the right to
maintain such action or to prosecute
for such fine or penalty shall have ac-
crued."
The bill concludes with the usual
provisions regarding repeal, conflict
and continuing validity after portions
may be adjudged invalid