An Act authorizing the acquisition by the Secretary of the Interior of the Gila Pueblo, in Gila County, Ariz., for archeological laboratory and storage purposes, and for other purposes
PL 82-259 (S.2169), enacted 02/12/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 259-FEB. 12, 1952 
advise the President, and the President shall, by proclamation, not 
later than twenty days after he has been so advised by the Tariff 
Commission, revoke such suspension of the duties imposed under 
paragraphs ^ 1 and 392 of the Tariff Act of 1930, such revocation to 
be effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or with-
drawn from w^arehouse for consumption after tlie date of such 
proclamation. 
In determining the average market price of common lead for each 
calendar month, the Tariff Commission is hereby authorized to base 
its findings upon the average monthly price of common lead, in 
standard shapes and sizes, delivered at New York, reported by the 
Engineering and Mining Journal's "Metal and Mineral Markets". 
Approved February 11, 1952. 
Market price. 
Public Law 258 
CHAPTER 18 
AN ACT 
To pi-ovide for the temporary free importation of zinc. 
February 11, 1952 
[H.R.54483 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re^yrenentativeH of the 
Ignited States of Amet'ica in Congress assetiiMed, That the import 
duties on zinc-bearing ores imposed under paragraph 393 of title I 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and on zinc in blocks, pigs, and 
slabs imposed under paragraph 394 of such title of such Act shall be 
suspended with respect to imports entered for consumption or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption during the period beginning 
with the day following the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending with the close of March 31, 1953, or the termination of the 
national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 
1950, whichever is earlier: Provided, That when, for any one calendar 
month during such period, the average market price of slab zinc 
(Prime Western, f. o. b. East St. Louis) for that month has been 
below 18 cents per pound, the Tariff Commission, within fifteen days 
after the conclusion of such calendar month, shall so advise the 
President, and the President shall, by proclamation, not later than 
twenty days after he has been so advised by the Tariff Commission, 
revoke the suspension of duties made by this Act, such revocation to 
be effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption after the date of such 
proclamation. 
In determining the average market price of slab zinc for each 
calendar month, the Tariff Commission is hereby authorized to base 
its findings upon the aA^erage monthly price of slab zinc (Prime 
Western, f. o. b. East St. Louis) reported by the Engineering and 
Mining Journal's "Metal and Mineral Markets". 
Approved February 11, 1952. 
Zinc. 
Suspension o f 
duties. 
46 Stat. 628. 
19 u s e 
100 1, 
pars. 393, 394. 
64 Stat. A454. 
50 u s e a p p . , 
note prec. 1. 
Revocation. 
Market price. 
Public Law 259 
CHAPTER 19 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the acquisition by the Secretary of the Interior of the Gila Pueblo, 
in Gila County, Arizona, for archeological laboratory and storage purposes, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to acquire for archeological laboratory 
February 12,1952 
[S. 2169] 
G i l a P u e b l o , 
Ariz. 
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PUBLIC LAW 260-FEB. 20, 1952 
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Appropriation. 
and storage purposes, and for general monument uses in connection 
with the National monuments of the Southwest, the property near 
Globe, Arizona, known as the Gila Pueblo. 
For such acquisition, and 
expenses incidental thereto, there is authorized to be appropriated not 
to exceed $75,000. 
Approved February 12, 1952. 
February 20, 1952 
[S. 493] 
Public Law 260 
CHAPTER 47 
AN ACT 
To require the taking and destruction of dangerous weapons in certain cases, 
and for other purposes. 
Dangerous weap-
ons, D. C. 
47 Stat. 650. 
"Dangerous ar-
ticle." 
Unlawful posses-
sion, etc. 
Discovery by po-
lice officer. 
Claim for posses-
sion. 
Appeal. 
Disposition of 
dangerous article. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and 
other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to provide pen-
alties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes"', approved 
July 8, 1932 (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sees. 22-3201 to 22-3216), is 
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 18. (a) As used in this section, the term 'dangerous article' 
means (1) any w^eapon such as a pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shot-
gun, blackjack, slingshot, sandbag, or metal knuckles, or (2) any 
instrument, attachment, or appliance for causing the firing of any fire-
arms to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of 
any firearms. 
"(b) A dangerous article unlawfully owned, possessed, or carried is 
hereby declared to be a nuisance. 
" (c) When a police officer, in the course of a lawful arrest or lawful 
search, discovers a dangerous article which he reasonably believes is 
a nuisance under subsection (b) he shall take it into his possession 
and surrender it to the property clerk of the Metropolitan Police 
Department. 
"(d) (1) Within thirty days after the date of such surrender, any 
person may file in the office of the property clerk of the Metropolitan 
Police Department a written claim for possession of such dangerous 
article. Upon the expiration of such period, the property clerk shall 
notify each such claimant, by registered mail addressed to the address 
shown on the claim, of the time and place of a hearing to determine 
which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession of such dangerous 
article. 
Such hearing shall be held within sixty days after the date 
of such surrender. 
"(2) At the hearing the property clerk shall hear and receive evi-
dence with respect to the claims filed under paragraph (1). There-
after he shall determine which claimant, if any, is entitled to possession 
of such dangerous article and shall reduce his decision to writing. 
The 
property clerk shall send a true copy of such written decision to each 
claimant by registered mail addressed to the last known address of 
such claimant. 
"(3) Any claimant may, within thirty days after the day on which 
the copy of such decision was mailed to such claimant, file an appeal 
in the municipal court for the District of Columbia. 
If the claimant 
files an appeal, he shall at the same time give written notice thereof to 
the property clerk. 
If the decision of the property clerk is so appealed, 
the property clerk shall not dispose of the dangerous article while 
such appeal is pending and, if the final judgment is entered by such 
court, he shall dispose of such dangerous article in accordance with the