Joint resolution designating September 17 of each year as ""Citizenship Day""
PL 82-261 (H.J.Res.314), enacted 02/29/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 261-FEB. 29, 1952 
judgment of such court. 
The municipal court for the District of 
Columbia is authorized to determine which claimant, if any, is entitled 
to possession of the dangi^rous article and to enter a judgment ordering 
a disposition of such dangerous article consistent with subsection (f). 
"(4) If there is no such appeal, or if such aijpeal is dismissed or 
withdrawn, the property clerk shall dispose of such dangerous article 
in accordance with subsection (f). 
"(5) The property clerk shall make no disposition of a dangerous 
article under this section, whether in accordance with his own decision 
or in accordance with the judgment of the nuuiicipal court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia, until the United States attorney for the District of 
Columbia certifies to him that such dangerous article will not be needed 
as evidence. 
"(e) A person claiming a dangerous article shall be entitled to its 
possession only if (1) he shows on satisfactory evidence that he is the 
owner of the dangerous article or is the accredited representative of the 
owner, and that the ownership is lawful; and (2) he shows on satis-
factory evidence that at the time the dangerous article was taken into 
possession by a police officer it Avas not unlawfully owned and was not 
unlawfully possessed or carried by the claimant or with his knowletlge 
or consent; and (3) the receipt of possession by him will not cause the 
article to be a nuisance. 
A representative is accredited if he has a 
power of attorney from the owner, 
"(f) If a person claiming a dangerous article is entitled to its pos-
session as determined under subsections (d) and (e), possession of 
such dangerous article shall be given to such person. 
If no person so 
claiming is entitled to its possession as determined under subsections 
(d) ancr(e), or if there be no claimant, such dangerous article shall be 
destroyed. 
In lieu of such destruction, any such serviceable dangerous 
article may, upon order of the Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia, be transferred to and used by any Federal or District Government 
law-enforcing agency, and the agency receiving same shall establish 
property responsibility and records of these dangerous articles. 
"(g) The property clerk shall not be liable in damages for any 
action performed in good faith under this section." 
Approved February 20, 1952. 
Right to posses-
sion. 
Nonliability. 
Public Law 261 
CHAPTER 49 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Designating September 17 of eacli year as "Citizensliip Day". 
February 29, 1952 
[H.J.Rea. 314] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Anierica in Congress assembled, That the I7th day of Sep-
tember of each year is hereby designated as "Citizenship Day" in 
commemoration of the formation and signing, on September 17, 1787, 
of the Constitution of the United States and in recognition of all who, 
by coming of age or by naturalization have attained the status of 
citizenship, and the President of the United States is hereby author-
ized to issue annually a proclamation calling upon officials of the 
Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government 
buildings on such day, and inviting the people of the United States to 
observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with 
appropriate ceremonies. 
That the civil and educational authorities of States, counties, cities, 
and towns be, and they are hereby, urged to make plans for the proper 
observance of this day and for the full instruction of citizens in their 
D e s i g n a t i o n of 
"C i t i z e n s h i p 
Day". 
Proclamation. 
Observance. 
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PUBLIC LAW 262-FEB. 29, 1952 
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Address to newly 
naturalized c i t i-
zens. 
Repeal. 
36 u s e 152. 
responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States and 
of the States and localities in which they reside. 
Nothing herein shall be constrned as changing, or attempting to 
change, the time or mode of any of the many altogether commendable 
observances of similar nature now being held from time to time, or 
periodically, but, to the contrary, such practices are hereby praised 
and encouraged. 
SEC. 2. Either at the time of the rendition of the decree of naturali-
zation or at such other time as the judge may fix, the judge or someone 
designated by him shall address the newly naturalized citizen upon 
the form and genius of our Government and the privileges and re-
sponsibilities of citizenship; it being the intent and purpose of this 
section to enlist the aid of the judiciary, in cooperation with civil and 
educational authorities, and patriotic organizations in a continuous 
effort to dignify and emphasize the significance of citizenship. 
SEC. 3. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing 
the President of the United States of America to proclaim I Am an 
American Citizen Day, for the recognition, observance, and commemo-
ration of American citizenship", approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat. 178), 
is hereby repealed. 
Approved February 29, 1952. 
February 29, 1952 
[S. 759] 
Public Law 262 
CHAPTER 69 
AN ACT 
To extend to screen vehicle contractors benefits accorded star-route contractors 
with respect to the renewal of contracts and adjustment of contract pay. 
Postal service. 
Screen vehicle 
contractors. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou'^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) clause (1) 
of the next to last paragraph of section 3951 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (U. S. C , title 39, sec. 434), is amended by inserting after 
the words "star-route" the words "or screen vehicle service". 
(b) Clause (2^) of such paragraph is amended by inserting after 
the word "route wherever it appears in such clause the words "or 
contract". 
(c) The last paragraph of such section is amended by inserting 
after the words "star-route" the words "or screen vehicle service". 
Approved February 29, 1952. 
February 29, 1952 
[H.R.6273] 
Public Law 263 
AN ACT 
CHAPTER 70 
To amend the Act relating to tlie incorporation of Trinity College of Washington, 
District of Columbia, in order to make the Archbishop of the Koman Catholic 
Archdiocese of W^ashington an ex officio member and chairman of the board of 
trustees of stich college. 
Trinity College, 
Washington, D. C. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Avierica in Congress assemhled., That the Act entitled 
"An Act relating to the incorporation of Trinity College of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, organized under and by virtue of a 
certificate of incorporation pursuant to the incorporation laws of the 
District of Columbia, as provided in subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the 
Code of Laws of the District of Columbia", approved April 8, 1935 
(49 Stat. 113), is amended by striking out "Archbishop of the Roman