An Act to amend sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916, and subsection O of the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920
PL 89-346 (S.2118), enacted 11/08/1965

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SKC. 2. Any deed of conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall— 
conditions. 
(a) provide that the land conveyed shall be used for park and 
recreational purposes and in a manner that will not, in the judg-
ment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or his designate, 
interfere with tlie care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' 
Administration Center, Clieyenne, Wyoming; 
(b) contahi such additional terms, conditions, reservations, 
easements, and restrictions as may be determined by the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affaii"s to be necessary to protect the interest 
of the United Stat es: 
(c) provide that if the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, violates 
any provision of the deed of conveyance or alienates or attempts 
to alienate alj or any part of the parcel so conveyed, title thereto 
shall revert to the United States; and that a determination by the 
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs of any such violation or 
alienation or attempted alienation shall be final and conclusive; 
and 
(d) provide that in the event of such reversion, all improve-
ments made by the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, during its occu-
pancy shall vest in the United States without payment of 
compensation therefor. 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
Public Law 89-346 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1965 
To amend sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916, and subsection O of the ^_J£l£ii£] 
Ship Mortgage Act, 1920. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 9 of the 
Merchant ves-
Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 808), is amended by inserting a new ^
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"The issuance, transfer, or assignment of a bond, note, or other 
evidence of indebtedness which is secured by a mortgage of a vessel to 
a trustee or by an assigimient to a trustee of the owner's right, title, 
or interest in a vessel under construction, to a person not a citizen of 
the United States, without the approval of the Secretary of Com-
merce, is unlawful unless the trustee or a substitute trustee of such 
mortgage or assignment is approved by the Secretary of Commerce. 
The Secretary of Commerce shall grant his approval if such trustee 
or a substitute trustee is a bank or trust company which (1) is orga-
nized as a corporation, and is doing business, under the laws of the 
United States or any State thereof, (2) is authorized under such laws 
to exercise corporate trust powers, (3) is a citizen of the United States, 
(4) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State 
authority, and (5) has a combined capital and surplus (as set forth 
in its most recent published report of condition) of at least $3,000,000. 
If such trustee or a substitute trustee at any time ceases to meet the 
foregoing qualifications, the Secretary of Commerce shall disapprove 
such trustee or substitute trustee, and after such disapproval the trans-
fer or assignment of such bond, note, or other evidence of indebted-
ness to a person not a citizen of the United States, without the approval 
of the Secretary of Commerce, shall be unlawful. The trustee or sub-
stitute trustee approved by the Secretary of Commerce shall not oper-
ate the vessel under the mortgage or assignment without the approval 
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Restrictions 
during war or na-
tional emergency. 
40 Stat. 901. 
Ship mortgage 
bonds. 
Transfer or as-
signment to non-
citizens. 
41 Stat. 1004. 
of the Secretary of Commerce. If a bond, note, or other evidence of 
indebtedness which is secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee 
or by an assignment to a trustee of the owner's right, title, or interest 
in a vessel under construction, is issued, transferred, or assigned to a 
person not a citizen of the United States in violation of this section, 
the issuance, transfer, or assignment shall be void." 
SEC. 2. Section 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 835), is 
amended as follows: 
(a) By relettering the existing subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
(d), (e), and (f) and by inserting a new subsection (c) as follows: 
"(c) To issue, transfer, or assign a bond, note, or other evidence 
of indebtedness which is secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a 
trustee or by an assignment to a trustee of the owner's right, title, or 
interest in a vessel under construction, or by a mortgage to a trustee 
on a shipyard, drydock, or ship-building or ship-repairing plant or 
facilities, to a person not a citizen of the United States, unless the 
trustee or a substitute trustee of such mortgage or assignment is 
approved by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided^ however, That 
the Secretary of Commerce shall grant his approval if such trustee or 
a substitute trustee is a bank or trust company which (1) is organized 
as a corporation, and is doing business, under the laws of the United 
States or any State thereof, (2) is authorized under such, laws to 
exercise corporate trust powers, (3) is a citizen of the United States, 
(4) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State 
authority, and (5) has a combined capital and surplus (as set forth 
in its most recent published report of condition) of at least $3,000,000; 
or for the trustee or substitute trustee approved by the Secretary of 
Commerce to operate said vessel under the mortgage or assignment: 
Provided further, That if such trustee or a substitute trustee at any 
time ceases to meet the foregoing qualifications, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall disapprove such trustee or substitute trustee, and 
after such disapproval the transfer or assignment of such bond, note, 
or other evidence of indebtedness to a person not a citizen of the 
United States, without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall be unlawful; or". 
(b) By inserting a new paragraph between the existing second 
and third paragraphs thereof as follows: 
"If a bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness which is secured 
by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee or by an assignment to a trust^ee 
of the owner's right, title, or interest in a vessel under construction, or 
by a mortgage to a trustee on a shipyard, drydock or ship-building or 
ship-repairing plant or facilities, is issued, transferred, or assigned to 
a person not a citizen of the United States in violation of subsection c 
of this section, the issuance, transfer or assignment shall be void." 
SEC. 3. Subsection O of the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 
961), is amended by relettering the existing paragraph (e) as para-
graph (f) and by inserting a new paragraph (e) as follows: 
"(e) No bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness which is 
secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee may be issued, trans-
ferred, or assigned to a person not a citizen of the LTnited States, 
without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, unless the trustee 
or substitute trustee of such mortgage is approved by the Secretary 
of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall grant his approval 
if such trustee or substitute trustee is a bank or trust company which 
(1) is organized as a corporation, and is doing business, under the 
laws of the United States or any State thereof, (2) is authorized under 
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (3) is a citizen of the 
United States, (4) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal 
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or State authority, and (5) has a combined capital and surplus (as 
set forth in its most recent published report of condition) of at least 
$8,000,000. If such trustee or a substitute trustee at any time ceases 
to meet the foregoing qualifications, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
disapprove such trustee or substitute trustee, and after such disap-
proval the transfer or assignment of such bond, note, or other evidence 
of indebtedness to a person not a citizen of the United States, without 
the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, shall be unlawful. If a 
bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness which is secured by a 
mortgage of a vessel to a trustee is issued, transferred, or assigned to a 
person not a citizen of the United States in violation of this paragraph, 
the issuance, transfer, or assignment shall be void." 
SEC. 4. Bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness which are t5<^d"1ilM°b 
secured by a mortgage of a vessel to a trustee or by an assignment to noncuizens. 
a trustee of the owner's right, title, or interest in a vessel under con-
struction which have heretofore been issued, transferred, or assigned, 
or are issued, transferred, or assigned within one year after the enact-
ment of this Act, to a person not a citizen of the United States without 
the approval of the Secretary of Commerce are valid in the hands of 
such person and the validity and preferred status of such mortgage 
and the validity and lawfulness of such issuance, transfer, or assign-
ment shall not be affected by such issuance, transfer, or assignment if 
the trustee or a substitute trustee is approved by the Secretary of Com-
merce within one year after enactment of this Act, under the stand-
ards for trustees specified in the amendments made by this Act to 
sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916, and to subsection O of the 
Ship Mortgage Act, 1920. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter retroactively any 
Pending utiga-
riglits wliich were the subject matter of litigation pending on the date ^'°"' 
of enactment of this Act. 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
Public Law 89-347 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1965 
To amend certain criminal laws applicable to the District of Columbia, and for 
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other puri)oses. 
District of 
Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 848 of 
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the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of '^"cHm^nl'i Laws. 
Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 
22^03), is further amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 848. Whoever maliciously iniures or breaks or destroys, or 
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attempts to injure or break or destroy, by fire or otherwise, any public 
or private property, whether real or personal, not his own, of the value 
of $200 or more, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or shall be impris-
oned for not more than ten years, or both, and if the value of the 
property be less than $200 shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both." 
SEC. 2. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act for the preser-
vation of the public peace and the protection of property in the Dis-
trict of Columbia", approved July 29, 1892, as amended (D.C. Code, 
sec. 22-3112), is further amended by striking out "destroy, injure, dis- 
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figure, cut, chip, break," and inserting in lieu thereof "disfigure, cut, 
chip,".