An Act to amend subsection (a) of section 1107 of the District of Columbia Code of 1901, as amended by section 2 of the Act of December 20, 1944 (D. C. Code, sec. 15-403 ( a ) ) , and to amend section 467 of the District of Columbia Code of 1901 ( D . C. Code, sec. 16-323)
PL 82-315 (S.1368), enacted 04/15/1952

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Public Law 315 
CHAPTER 206 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (a^ of section 1107 of the District of Colunil)ia Code of 
1901, as amended by section 2 of the Act of December 20, 1944 (D. C. Code, 
sec. 15-403 ( a ) ) , and to amend section 467 of the District of Columbia Code 
of 1901 ( D . C. Code, sec. 16-323). 
April 15, 1952 
[S. 1368] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) 
of section 1107 of the District of Cohimbia code of 1901, as amended 
by section 2 of the Act of December 20, 1944 (D. C. Code, sec. 15^03 
(a)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The earnings, salary, insurance, annuities, or pension or 
retirement payments, not otherwise exempted, not to exceed $200 
each month, of any person residing in the District of Columbia, or of 
any person who earns the major portions of his or her livelihood in 
the District of Columbia, regardless of place of residence, who provides 
the principal support of a family, for two months next preceding the 
issuing of any writ or process against him, from any court or officer 
of and in said District shall be exempt from attachment, levy, seizure, 
or sale upon such process, and the same shall not be seized, levied on, 
taken, reached, or sold by attachment, execution, or any other process 
or proceedings of any court, judge, or other officer of and in said 
District: Provided, however. That where husband and wife are living 
together, the aggregate of the earnings, salaries, insurance, annuities, 
and pension or retirement payments of the husband and wife shall be 
the amount which shall be determinative of the exemption of either in 
cases arising ex contractu." 
Approved April 15, 1952. 
D. C. 
C o d e 
amendment. 
58 Stat. 818. 
E x e m p t i o n of 
cert a i n payments 
from attachment, 
etc. 
Public Law 316 
CHAPTER 207 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the Department of tlie 
Navy certain land and improvements at Pass Christian, Mississippi. 
AprU 15,1952 
[H.R.3995] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Commerce is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the 
Department of the Navy, without reimbursement, a parcel of land 
containing twenty-three and five-tenths acres, more or less, together 
with all improvements thereon and personal property relating thereto, 
located at Pass Christian, Mississippi, and known as the former United 
States Merchant Marine Cadet School. 
Approved April 15, 1952. 
P a s s 
Christian, 
Miss. 
Transfer of land. 
Public Law 317 
AN ACT 
CHAPTER 208 
To autliorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of IMacon, 
Georgia, a parcel of land in the said city of Macon, containing two acres, 
more or less. 
AprU 15,1952 
[H.R.4444] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secre-
tary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey to the city of 
Macon, Georgia, without charge therefor, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to a certain parcel of land containing 
Macon, Ga. 
Conveyance.