An Act to validate certain deeds improperly acknowledged or executed (or both) that are recorded in the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia
PL 91-536 (H.R.13565), enacted 12/08/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-536-DEC. 8, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
(2) by inserting immediately after such second sentence the 
following new sentence: "Without the District, but not more 
than twenty-five miles distant from the place of the hearing, such 
summons shall be served by a L'nited States marshal or his 
deputy."; and 
(3) by striking out "United States District Court for the Dis-
63 Stat. 107. 
^j^[f>i of Columbia" in the third and fourth sentences and inserting 
Ante, p. 570. 
j ^ lieu thereof "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions". 
SEC. 5. The proviso in the first sentence of section 13 of the District 
49 Stat. 900. 
of ColumMa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-114) 
is amended by inserting ", the holder of a retailer's license, class A," 
immediately after "wholesaler's license", and by inserting a comma 
immediately before "may store beverages". 
SEC. 6. Section 35 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
48 Stat. 336. 
Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-133) is amended by inserting after 
the first sentence the following: "For purposes of this section, the 
extension of credit by the holder of a class A retailer's license in con-
nection with a sale by such license holder of any beverage through a 
credit card or other document or device intended or adapted for the 
purpose of establishing credit shall be considered a sale on credit of 
such beverage by such license holder.". 
Approved December 8, 1970, 
Public Law 91-536 
AN APT 
Decembers, 1970 
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[H. R. 13565] 
To validate certain deeds improperly acknowledged or executed (or both) that 
are recorded in the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of 
Columbia. 
D.C. 
Deeds, im-
Be it enacted hy the Setiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 515 of 
properiy' e'xecu- 
the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of 
ted. validation. i Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 45^08), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "prior to the adoption of this code" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "prior to January 1,1969,", 
(2) by inserting " ( 1 ) " immediately alter "in the District" in 
the paragraph of such section designated "Seventh" and by add-
ing before the period at the end of such paragraph the following: 
", (2) which may have been recorded without the seal of the 
notary public before whom the acknowledgment was taken having 
been first attached, (3) in which the certificate of acknowledgment 
is not in the prescribed form, (4) which may have been acknowl-
edged before a person who was not a proper officer, or (5) in 
which the official character of the officer taking the acknowledg-
ment is not set out in the body of the certificate", and 
(3) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "Defective acknowl-
edgments.—" and by adding at the end of such section the follow^-
ing new subsection: 
"(b) This section shall not be construed to validate any deed with 
respect to which there w^as any misrepresentation, fraudulent act, or 
illegal provision in connection with its execution or acknowledgment." 
Approved December 8, 1970.