An Act to amend acts relating to garagekeepers and liverymens liens and the enforcement thereof in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 82-369 (S.1342), enacted 06/03/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 368-MAY 28, 1952 
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a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of the issuance of such 
grant, over, across, and upon the public lands, national forests, and 
reservations of the United States for electrical poles and lines for the 
transmission and distribution of electrical power, and for poles and 
lines for communication purposes, and for radio, television, and other 
forms of communication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures 
and facilities, to the extent of two hundred feet on each side of the 
center line of such lines and poles and not to exceed four hundred feet 
by four hundred feet for radio, television, and other forms of com-
munication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities, 
to any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States, where 
it is intended by such to exercise the right-of-way herein granted for 
any one or more of the purposes herein named: Provided, That such 
right-of-way shall be allowed within or through any national park, 
national forest, military, Indian, or any other reservation only upon 
the approval of the chief officer of the department under whose super-
vision or control such reservation falls, and upon a finding by him that 
the same is not incompatible with the public interest: Provided 
fur-
ther, That all or any part of such right-of-way may be forfeited and 
annulled by declaration of the head of the department having juris-
diction over the lands for nonuse for a period of two years or for 
abandonment." 
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Approved May 27, 1952. 
Public Law 368 
CHAPTER 339 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
May 28. 1952 
[S. J. Res. 156] To continue the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions until June 15, 1952. 
Ante, p. 54. 
Resolved hy the Senate arid House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution 
entitled "Joint resolution to continue the effectiveness of certain 
statutory provisions until June 1, 1952", approved April 14, 1952 
(Public Law 313, Eighty-second Congress), is amended by striking 
out "June 1, 1952" wherever it appears in such joint resolution and 
inserting in lieu thereof "June 15, 1952". 
Approved May 28, 1952. 
Jvine 3, 19S2 
[S. 1342] 
Public Law 369 
CHAPTER 361 
AN ACT 
To amend Acts relating to garagekeepers and liverymen's liens and the enforce-
ment thereof in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
D. C. livejrymen 
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garageke ep-
ers. 
Liens. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
LIEN OF LIVERYMEN 
SECTION 1. That it shall be lawful for all persons keeping or boarding 
any animals at livery within the District, under any agreement with 
the owner thereof, to detain such animals until all charges under such 
agreement for the care, keep, or board of such animals shall have been 
paid: Provided, however. That before enforcing the lien hereby given 
notice in writing shall be given to such owner in person or by registered 
mail at his last-known place of residence of the amount of such charges 
and the intention to detain such animal or animals until such charges 
shall be paid. 
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PUBLIC LAW 3 6 9 - J U N E 3, 1952 
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LIEN FOR STORAGE, REPAIRS, AND SUPPLIES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES 
SEC. 2. All persons storing, repairing, or furnishing supplies of or 
concerning motor vehicles including trailers shall have a lien for their 
agreed or reasonable charges for such storage, repairs, and supplies 
when such charges are incurred by an owner or conditional vendee or 
chattel mortgagor (including a grantor of deed of trust in lieu of 
mortgage) of such motor vehicle, and may detain such motor vehicle 
at any time they may have lawful possession thereof. 
Such lien shall 
have priority over all other liens or rights in or to the vehicle except 
as hereinafter limited with respect to claims for storage. 
Before 
enforcing such lien, notice in writing shall be given to the title holder, 
all lien holders shown by the certificate of title or registry of the 
vehicle, and any other persons known to claimant who have any in-
terest in or lien upon the vehicle. Such notice shall be delivered per-
sonally or sent by registered mail to the last-known address of the 
person to whom given, shall state that a lien is claimed for the charges 
therein set forth or thereto attached, and shall demand payment 
thereof. There shall be incorporated in or attached to said notice a 
statement of particulars of the charge or charges for which a lien is 
claimed, to which may be added a claim for storage of the vehicle from 
the date of said notice to the date of payment or sale, which amount 
shall be set forth at a daily or weekly rate which shall not be in excess 
of charges prevailing at the time for similar storage, and shall not be 
in excess of $3 per day or $21 per week, which additional charge shall 
in no event cover a period in excess of ninety days. 
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E N F O R C E M E N T OF LIEN BY SALE 
SEC. 3. If the amount due and for which a lien is given by section 1 
or 2 hereof is not paid by the end of thirty days after the giving of 
notice, then the party entitled to such lien may proceed to sell the 
property so subject to lien at public auction, after giving notice once a 
week for three successive weeks in some daily newspaper published in 
the District. 
Said advertisement shall set forth the date, time, and 
place of sale, which shall not be less than fifteen days from date of the 
first publication of such notice, that the purpose of the sale is to satisfy 
a lien, the amount for which said lien is claimed, including storage to 
date of sale if allowable, the names of all interested parties, and a 
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description of the chattel, including, in the case of vehicles, the make, 
type, year and model number, serial number and engine number, if 
any, and State or District license number and year. 
Any person selling such property in order to satisfy a fraudulent, 
excessive, or unreasonable lien shall be guilty of a conversion of such 
property and liable to the owner in damages therefor. 
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF SALE 
SEC. 4. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied, first, to the 
expenses of such sales and the discharge of such lien; second, to pay-
ment of other liens, if any, in the order of their priority; and, third, to 
the owner of the property. 
LIMITATION ON LIEN FOR STORAGE 
SEC. 5. To the extent that any lien provided for in this chapter is 
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based on a claim for storage of a motor vehicle in excess of $150, such 
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lien shall be, as to such excess, inferior to the lien of a conditional 
vendor or chattel mortgagee (as defined in section 2) claiming under an 
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instrument recorded on a date earlier than the period to which such 
charges are attributable. 
PUBLIC LAW 370-JUNE 3, 1952 
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REPEALER AND SAVINGS CLAUSE 
SEC. 6. Section 1262 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1388), 
as amended, is hereby repealed and sections 1263 and 1264 of said Act 
are hereby made inapplicable to liens provided for in sections 1 and 2 
hereof: Provided^ however^ That any liens heretofore acquired under 
the provisions of said section 1262, as amended, shall be unaffected by 
the repeal of said section and may be enforced either in the manner 
provided in said sections 1263 and 1264 or in the manner provided 
herein. 
Approved June 3, 1952. 
June 3, 1952 
[S. 2786] 
Public Law 370 
CHAPTER 362 
AN ACT 
To amend section 106 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949. 
63 Stat. 418. 
42 u s e 1456. 
31 u s e 529. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That section 106 (c) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 is hereby amended by striking out the 
word "and" at the end of paragraph (6) ; by striking out the period 
at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon 
and the word "and"; and by adding the following new paragraph: 
"(8) make advance or progress pajanents on account of any 
capital grant contracted to be made pursuant to this title, not-
withstanding the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended, or. any other provisions of this title." 
Approved June 3, 1952. 
June 4, 1952 
[H.J. Res. 454] 
Public Law 371 
CHAPTER 363 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making additional appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes. 
A d d i t i o n a l ap-
propriations, 1952. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, the following sums: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
63 Stat. 43. 
12 u s e 1148a-l-
1148a-3. 
52 Stat. 34. 
CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for "Conservation and use of agricultural 
land resources", $14,500,000, to remain available until December 31, 
1953, to enable the Secretary to carry out flood assistance and rehabili-
tation, including the furnishing of services, materials, and payments 
for conservation and land restoration measures, in agricultural areas 
damaged by excessive rains, run-off, and floodwaters, designated by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as disaster areas under Public Law 38, 
approved April 6, 1949: Provided^ That this appropriation may be 
expended without regard to the adjustments required under section 
8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 
U. S. C. 590h) and may be distributed among States and individual 
farmers without regard to other provisions of law: Provided 
further^