An Act to amend section 501(e) of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code relating to bond requirements in connection with attachment before judgment
PL 89-113 (S.1321), enacted 08/06/1965

79 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-11 3-AUGUST 6, 1965 
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section, provided such acreage is not subsequently devoted to any 
price supported crop for 1965." 
SEC. 2. Section 103(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 
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is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"For purposes of this subsection, an acreage on the farm which 
the Secretary finds was not planted to cotton in 1965 because of flood, 
drought, or other natural disaster shall be deemed by the Secretary 
to be an actual acreage of cotton planted on the farm for harvest, 
provided such acreage is not subsequently devoted to any price sup-
ported crop for 1965". 
SEC. 3. Section 379c(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the , ^1^!^*:„^^^' 
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"An acreage on the farm which the Secretary finds was not planted 
to wheat for harvest in 1965 because of drought, flood, or other natural 
disaster shall be deemed by the Secretary to be an actual acreage 
of wheat planted for harvest for purposes of this subsection, provided 
such acreage is not subsequently planted to any other price supported 
crop for 1965." 
Approved August 6, 1965. 
Public Law 89-113 
AN A C T 
August 6, 1965 
To amend section 501(e) of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code relating 
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to bond requirements in connection with attachment before judgment. 
District of 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 501 (e) 
of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by inserting, ^ Attachment be. 
immediately before the period at the end thereof, a semicolon and the fore judgment, 
following: "except that in any case in which the plaintiff states in ^en'ts'!^''"''^*' 
his affidavit that the value of specified property to be levied upon is 
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less than the amount of his claim, the court may set the amount of 
such bond in an amount twice the value of the property being at-
tached, and, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f) of 
this section, only the property so specified shall be levied uj)on: Pro- 
Appraisal. 
vided^ That the United States marshal may, in his discretion, when 
levying upon such property, have the same appraised by an inde-
pendent appraiser retamed by the marshal at the expense of the 
f)laintiff. Any .such appraisal shall be made at the time the marshal 
evies upon the property, and the appraiser shall accompany him for 
such purpose. If such appraisal has been made, then only such prop-
erty as may have a value not exceeding one-half of the amount of the 
bond shall be attached. In the event the appraised value of the prop-
erty shall be more than one-half of the amount of the bond, the 
marshal may refuse to execute the writ unless and until the amount 
of the bond is increased so as to be at least twice the value of the 
property to be attached". 
Approved August 6, 1965.