An Act to amend chapter 7 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code to increase the number of associate judges on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from two to five, and for other purposes
PL 90-178 (H.R.8582), enacted 12/08/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-177-DEC. 6, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
D.C. Code 47-
2601 et 
seq. 
63 Stat. 119. 
charges on such land, and shall not exceed the maximum fair use value 
economically feasible to permit the reestablishment of a business of the 
class and character of such displaced business. 
"(2) Each business holding a lease under this Act shall furnish 
annually to the Agency (on such date as the Agency may by regula-
tion prescribe) a copy of the sales tax return filed by such business 
under the District of Columbia Sales Tax Act, which copy was fur-
nished to the business under section 138(a) of such Act (D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-2615(a))." 
Approved December 6, 1967. 
December 6, 1967 
[S. 706] 
Public Law 90-177 
AN ACT 
To rtiueiul section 27 of the Shipping!: Act, 1!)1(). 
Shipping Act, 
amendment. 
39 Stat. 737. 
Be it eMaeted hy the Senate and House of Repre>ientatives of the 
United States of Anierica in Congress assembled^ That section 27 of 
the Shipping Act (46 U.S.C. 826) be amended by deleting tlie ijresent 
section and substituting therefor the following: 
"SEC. 27. (a) In all proceedings under section 22 of this Act, deposi-
tions, written interrogatories, and discovery procedure shall be avail-
able under rules and regulations issued by the Federal Maritime Com-
mission, which rules and regulations shall, to the extent practicable, 
be in conformity with the rules applicable in civil proceedings in the 
district courts of the United States. In such proceedings, the Commis-
sion may by subpena compel the attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, in such man-
ner and to such an extent as the Commission may by rule or regulation 
require. Attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, 
documents, and other evidence in response to subpena may be required 
from any place in the United States at any designated place of hearing, 
and persons so acting under the direction of the Commission and wit-
nesses shall, imless employees of the Commission, be entitled to the 
same fees and mileage as in the courts of the United States. 
"(b) Obedience to this section shall, on application by the Commis-
sion, be enforced as are orders of the Commission other than for the 
payment of money." 
Approved December 6, 1967. 
December 8, 1967 
[H. R. 8582] 
Public Law 90-178 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 7 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code to increase the 
number of associate judges on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 
two to five, and for other purposea. 
D . C Court of 
Appeals judges, 
increase number. 
77 Stat. 484. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represe^itatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^ssemhled, 
SECTION 1. Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 11 of the District of 
Columbia Code is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 11-702(a) is amended by striking out "two*' and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "five". 
(2) Subsection (c) of section 11-703 is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Two judges shall constitute a quorum of a division of the 
court, and four judges shall constitute a quorum of the court sitting 
in banc." 
77 Stat. 613. 
81 STAT.] 
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(3) (A) The following new section shall be added at the end: 
"§11-705. Assignment of judges; divisions; hearings 
"(a) Judges of the court shall sit on the court and its divisions in 
such order and at such times as the court directs. 
"(b) (1) Cases and controvei'sies shall be heard and determined by 
divisions of the court unless a hearing or rehearing before the court 
in banc is ordered. Each division of the court shall consist of three 
judges. 
''(2) A hearing before the court in banc may be ordered by a 
majority of the judges of the court in regular active service. The 
court in banc for a hearing shall consist of the judges of the court 
in regular active service. 
"'(3) A rehearing before the court in banc may be ordered by a 
majority of the judges of the court in regular active service. The 
court in banc for a rehearing shall consist of the judges of the court in 
regular active service, except that a retired judge may sit as a judge 
of the court in banc in the rehearing of a case or controversy if he sat 
on the court or a division of the court at the original hearing thereof." 
(B) The table of sections is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
"11-705. Assignment of judges ; divisions ; hearings." 
SE€. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 17-301 (b) of the District 
of Columbia Code is amended by striking out "the chief judge and 
the associate judges" and inserting in lieu thereof "three judges . 
(b) Tlie fourth sentence of such section is amended by striking out 
"all the judges are of the opinion that an" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"the three judges are of the opinion that the". 
Approved December 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-179 
AN ACT 
December 8, 1967 
To establish a .Judge Advocate General's Corps in the Xavy, and for other 
[H. R. 12910] 
l>tir 
poses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatires 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That chapter 47 of 
^^^' ^^TCocate 
title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
General's corps. 
(1) Section 801(11) is amended to read as follows: 
Establishment. 
"(11) 'Law specialist' means a commissioned officer of the Coast 
oefinmons. 
Guard designated for special duty (law)." 
(2) The following new clause is added at the end of section 801: 
"(13) 'Judge advocate' means an officer of the Judge Advocate 
General's Corps of the Army or the Navy or an officer of the Air Force 
or the Marine Corps who is designated as a judge advocate." 
(3) Section 806(a) is amended by deleting the first sentence and 
inserting the following sentences in place thereof: 
"The assignment for duty of judge advocates of the Army, Xavy, 
and Air Force and law specialists of the Coast Guard shall be made 
upon the recommendation of the Judge Advocate General of the armed 
force of M'hich they are members. The assignment for duty of judge 
advocates of the Marine Corps shall be made by direction of the 
C^ommandant of the Marine Corps." 
(4) Section 815(e) is amended by striking out tlie words "Army or 
Air Force, a law specialist of the Navy" in the last sentence and sub-
stituting in place thereof the words "Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps".