An Act to amend the act creating a juvenile court for the District of Columbia, approved March 19, 1906, as amended
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other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in 
Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or 
the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, 
or for any part of the transportation: Provided^ That such Canadian 
vessels may transport merchandise between Hj^der, Alaska, and other 
ports and points herein enumerated. 
Approved June 11, 1952. 
June 12, 1952 
[S. 1822] 
Public Law 388 
CHAPTER 417 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act creating a juvenile court for the District of Columbia, 
approved March 19, 1906, as amended. 
Juvenile c o u r t , 
D. C. 
34 Stat. 73; 52 
Stat. 596. 
Detention. 
Hearing. 
Records. 
D. C. Code 
908, 11-924. 
11-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semoled, That the first para-
graph of section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to create a juvenile 
court in and for the District of Columbia", approved March 19, 1906, 
as amended (sec. 11-912, D. C. Code, 1940 edition), is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No such child shall 
be held in such place of detention for any period longer than five days, 
excluding Sundays and holidays, unless the judge shall order such 
child detained for a further period." 
SEC. 2. The second sentence of section 14 of such Act, as amended 
(sec. 11-915, D. C. Code, 1940 edition), is amended to read as follows: 
"In the hearing of any case, the general public shall be excluded and 
only such persons as have a direct interest in the case and their repre-
sentatives shall be admitted except that the judge, by rule of court 
or special order, may admit such other persons as he deems to have 
a legitimate interest in the case or the work of the court." 
SEC. 3. Section 28 of such Act, as amended (sec. 11-929, D. C. Code, 
1940 edition), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 28. (a) The court shall maintain records of all cases brought 
before the court. Such records shall be withheld from indiscriminate 
public inspection but shall be open to inspection only by respondents, 
their parents or guardians and their duly authorized attorneys, and by 
any institution or agency to which a child may have been committed 
pursuant to section 14 of this Act. Such records may, pursuant to rule 
of court or special order of the court, be inspected by other interested 
l^ersons, institutions and agencies. As used in this subsection, the 
word "records" includes notices filed with the court by arresting 
officers pursuant to section 11 of this Act, the court docket and entries 
therein, the petitions, complaints, informations, motions and other 
papers filed in any case, transcripts of testimony taken in any case 
tried by the court and findings, verdicts, judgments, orders and decrees, 
and other writings filed in proceedings before the court, other than 
social records. 
"(b) The records made by officers of the court pursuant to sections 
7 and 23 of this Act, referred to in this section as social records, shall 
be withheld from indiscriminate public inspection, except that such 
records or parts thereof shall be made available by rule of court or 
special order of court to such persons, governmental and private 
agencies, and institutions as have a legitimate interest in the protec-
tion, welfare, treatment, and rehabilitation of the child, and to any 
court before which any such child may appear. 
The judge may also 
provide by rule or special order that any such person or agency may 
make or receive copies of such records or parts thereof. 
No person. 
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agency, or institution which has received records or information under 
this section may publish or use them for any purpose other than that 
for which they were received. 
"(c) It shall be unlawful, except for purposes for which records, 
parts thereof, or information therefrom have been released pursuant 
to section 28 of this Act or except for purposes thereafter permitted 
by special order of court, and in accordance with any applicable rules 
of court, for any person or persons to disclose, receive, or make use 
of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the 
use of any information concerning any juvenile before the court, 
directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or com-
munications of the court, or acquired in the course of the performance 
of official duties. 
"(d) Any person or persons who shall violate subsection (c) of 
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment 
for not more than ninety days, or by both. 
Prosecutions for violations 
of subsection (c) of this section shall be brought in the name of the 
District of Columbia in the Municipal Court for the District of 
Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants." 
Approved June 12, 1952. 
Unlawful use. 
Penalty. 
Public Law 389 
CHAPTER 418 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of lands in the Hoopa Valley Indian Eeservation to 
the State of California or to the Hoopa Unified School District for use for 
school purposes. 
June 12, 1952 
[H. R. 6675] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior may, in his discretion, convey by deed to the State of 
California or to the Hoopa Unified School District of the State of 
California not to exceed forty-five acres of land located in the agency 
and school reserve on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation for use as a 
site for the construction of a school for the education of both Indian 
and non-Indian pupils. 
The conveyance shall be made subject to such 
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Tribal Council of the Hoopa Valley Indians, and the 
State of California or the Hoopa Unified School District. 
Approved June 12, 1952. 
H o o p a V a l ley 
Indian R e s e r v a-
tion. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 390 
CHAPTER 419 
AN ACT 
To amend section 22 (relating to the endowment and support of colleges of 
agriculture and the mechanic arts) of the Act of .Tune 29, 1935, so as to 
extend the benefits of such section to certain colleges in the Territory of 
Alaska. 
June 12, 1952 
[H.R.6922] 
Be it eruicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen-
tence of section 22 of the Act of June 29,1935 (7 U. S. C, sec. 329), is 
amended by striking out "colleges in the several States and the Terri-
tory of Hawaii" and inserting in lieu thereof "colleges in the several 
States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii". 
Alaska. 
College-aid. 
49 Stat. 439.