An Act to amend part III of the Interstate Commerce Act to provide for the recording of trust agreements and other evidences of equipment indebtedness of water carriers, and for other purposes
PL 90-586 (S.913), enacted 10/17/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-586-OCT. 17, 1968 
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Public Law 90-586 
AN ACT 
To amend part III of the Interstate Commerce Act to provide for the recording 
of trust agreements and other evidences of equipment indebtedness of water 
carriers, and for other purjwses. 
October 17, 1968 
[S. 913] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That part I I I of the 
Interstate Commerce Act, relating to water carriers (49 U.S.C. 901 
et seq.), is amended by— 
(1) redesignating section 323 (49 U.S.C. 923) as section 324; 
(2) inserting therein, immediately after section 322 (49 U.S.C. 
922), the following new section: 
Water carrier 
equipment. 
Financing. 
54 Stat. 929. 
RECORDING OF EVIDENCES OF E Q U I P M E N T 
INDEBTEDNESS 
"SEC. 323. Any mortgage (except mortgages under the Ship Mort-
gage Act, 1920, as amended), lease, equipment trust agreement, con-
ditional sale agreement, or other instrument evidencing the mortgage, 
lease, conditional sale, or bailment of one or more vessels, used or 
intended for use by a carrier subject to this part in interstate commerce 
or am^ assignment of rights or interest under any such instrument, or 
any supplement or amendment to any such instrument or assignment 
(including any release, discharge, or satisfaction thereof, in whole or 
in part), may be filed with the Commission, provided such instrument, 
assignment, supplement, or amendment is in writing, executed by the 
parties thereto, and acknowledged or verified in accordance with such 
requirements as the Commission shall prescribe; and any such instru-
ment or other document, when so filed with the Commission, shall con-
stitute notice to and shall be valid and enforceable against all persons 
including, without limitation, any purchaser from, or mortgagee, 
creditor, receiver, or trustee in bankruptcy of, the mortgagor, buyer, 
lessee, or bailee of the vessel covered thereby, from and after the time 
such instrument or other document is so filed with the Commission; 
and such instrument or other document need not be otherwise filed, 
deposited, registered, or recorded under the provisions of any other law 
of the United States of America, or of any State (or political subdivi-
sion thereof), territory, district, or possession thereof, respecting the 
filing, deposit, registration, or recordation of such instruments or docu-
ments : Provided^ however. That nothing contained in this section shall, 
in any way, be construed to alter or amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 
1920, as amended. The Commission shall establish and maintain a 
system for the recordation of each such instrument or document, filed 
pursuant to the provisions of this section, and shall cause to be marked 
or stamped thereon, a consecutive numl)er, as well as the date and hour 
of such recordation, and shall maintain, open to public inspection, an 
index of all such instruments or documents, including any assignment, 
amendment, release, discharge, or satisfaction thereof, and shall record, 
in such index the names and addresses of the principal debtors, trustees, 
guarantors and other parties thereto, as well as such other facts as may 
be necessary to facilitate the determination of the rights of the parties 
to such transactions."; and 
(3) striking out in the section analysis of that part the item 
relating to section 323, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Sec. 323. Recording of evidences of equipment indebtedness. 
"Sec. 324. Separability of provisions." 
SEC 2. Section 116, chapter 10, of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 
516) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
Filing with Inter-
state Commerce 
Commission. 
41 Stat. 1000. 
46 u s e 984. 
Recording sys-
tem and index. 
52 Stat. 884; 
71 Stat. 617. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-587-OCT. 17, 1968 
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"(6) Notwithstanding any otlier provisions of this chapter, the 
title of any owner, whether as trustee or otherwise, to vessels (as the 
46 us^c 984°° 
term is defined in the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, as now in effect or 
hereafter amended) leased, subleased, or conditionally sold to any 
water carrier which holds a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity or permit issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
and an}' right of such owner or of any other lessor to such water 
carrier to take possession of such property in compliance with the 
provisions of any such lease or conditional sale contract shall not be 
affected by the provisions of this chapter if the terms of such lease 
or conditional sale so provide." 
Approved October 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-587 
October 17, 1968 
A N A C T 
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To authorize the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to enter into and 
renew reciprocal agreements for police mutual aid on behalf of the District of 
Columbia with the local governments in the Washington metropolitan area. 
D.C. Govern 
merit. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Commis-
p'oiice mutual 
siouer of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized in liis discre-
aid agreements. 
tion to entcr into aiid to renew reciprocal agreements, for such period 
as he deems advisable, with any county, municipality, or other govern-
mental unit in the States of Maryland and Virginia, in order to estab-
lish and carry into effect a plan to provide mutual aid, through the 
furnishing of policemen and other agents and employees, together 
with all necessary equipment, in the event of war, internal disorder, 
fire, flood, epidemic, or other public disorder which threatens or has 
occurred. 
SEC. 2. The District of Columbia shall not enter into any such agree-
ment unless the agreement provides that each of the parties to such 
agreement shall (1) waive any and all claims against all the other 
parties thereto which may arise out of their activities outside their 
respective jurisdictions under such agreement; (2) indemnify and 
save harmless the other parties to such agreement from all claims 
by third parties for property damage or personal injury which may 
arise out of the activities of the other parties to such agreement outside 
their respective jurisdictions under such agreement. 
SEC. 3. The policemen and other officers, agents, and employees of 
the District, w^hen acting hereunder or under other lawful authority 
beyond the territorial limits of the District, shall have all of the 
pension, relief, disability, workmen's compensation, and other benefits 
enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 4. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall be 
responsible for directing the activities of all policemen and other 
officers and agents coming into the District pursuant to any such 
reciprocal agreement, and the Commissioner is empowered to author-
ize all policemen and other officers and agents from outside the District 
to enforce the laws applicable in the District to the same extent as if 
they were duly authorized officers and members of the Metropolitan 
Police force of the District of Columbia. 
Approved October 17, 1968.