An Act to amend the provisions of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1954 which authorize the Secretary of the Army to reimburse local interests for work done on a dredging project at Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif., during a period ending on July 1, 1953, by extending that period to November 7, 195
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PUBLIC LAW 314-AUG. 9, 1955 
[69 ST A T . 
T e s t i m o n y of 
physicianst 
Director according to his 
the opinion of the superintendent of the hospital, the superintendent 
shall certify such fact to the Director of the Department of Cor-
rections of the District of Columbia and such certification shall be 
sufficient to deliver such person to such 
request."' 
SEC. 4. The Act entitled "An Act relating- to the testimony of phy-
sicians in the courts of the District of Columbia", received by the 
President May 13, 1896 (29 Stat. 138; sec. 14-308, D. C. Code, 1951 
edition), is amended to read as follows: 
"That in the courts of the District of Columbia no physician or 
surgeon shall be permitted, without the consent of the person afflicted, 
or of his legal representative, to disclose any information, confidential 
in its nature, which he shall have acquired in attending a ]iatient in 
a professional capacity and which was necessary to enable him to 
act in that capacity, whether such information shall have been 
obtained from the patient or from his family or from the person or 
persons in charge of him: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
to evidence in criminal cases where the accused is charged with causing 
the death of, or inflicting injuries upon a human being, and the dis-
closure shall be required in the interests of public justice: Provided 
further^ That this section shall not apply to evidence relating to the 
mental competency or sanity of an accused in criminal trials where 
the accused raises the defense of insanity, or in the pretrial or post-
trial proceedings involving any criminal case where a question arises 
concerning the mental condition of an accused or convicted person.". 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 4734] 
Public Law 314 
CHAPTER 674 
AN ACT 
To amend the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of 1954 which authorize 
the Secretary of the Army to reimburse local interests for work done on a 
dredging project at Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, California, during 
a period ending on July 1, 1953, by extending that period to November 7, 1953. 
68 Stat. 1252. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paragraph 
of section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1954 which begins 
"Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, California:" is amended by 
striking out "July 1, 1953" and inserting in lieu thereof "November 
r, 1953". 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 6727] 
Public Law 315 
CHAPTER 675 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain land to the 
city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Reiwesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in CongrcHH a^xembled, That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans" Affairs is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed a parcel of land containing approximately four acres, 
which is presently under lease to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
for the Milwaukee Water Works Menominee Valley booster station, 
to the city of Milwaukee, a municipal subdivision of the State of Wis-
consin : Provided, That the city of ^lilwaukee i)ay the fair market 
value of the said parcel of lan<l, without improvements, as determined