An Act to amend title IX of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended
PL 84-645 (H.R.3693), enacted 07/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 645-JULY 2, 1956 
Public Law 645 
CHAPTER 494 
AN ACT 
To amend title IX of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 2 of 
Title I X of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as added 
to by the Act of May 16, 1938, and as amended by the Act of July 10, 
1952, and as added to and as amended is amended by striking out in 
the first paragraph thereof the words "for a term of four years" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the words "for the term of ten years"; and is 
further amended by adding thereto the following new paragraph: 
"The judge of the District of Columbia Tax Court may hereafter 
retire— 
"(1) after having served as a judge of such court for a period 
or periods aggregating twenty years or more, whether continu-
ously or not; 
"(2) after having served as a judge of such court for a period 
or periods aggregating ten years or more, whether continuously 
or not, and having attained the age of seventy years; or 
"(3) after having become permanently disabled from perform-
ing his duties, regardless of a^e or length of service. 
Such judge may retire for disability by furnishing to the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia a certificate of disability signed by 
the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia. 
The judge who retires under this section shall receive 
annually in monthly installments, during the remainder of his life, 
a sum equal to such proportion of the salary received by such judge at 
the time of such retirement as a total of his aggregate years of service 
bears to the period of thirty years, the same to be paid in the same 
manner as the salary of such judge. In no event shall the sum received 
by such judge hereunder be in excess of the salary of such judge at the 
time of such retirement. In computing the years of service under this 
section, service in the Board of Tax Appeals of the District of Colum-
bia, as heretofore constituted, shall be included whether or not such 
service be continuous. 
"(a) The term 'retire' as used in this section shall mean and include 
retirement, resignation, or failure of reappointment upon the expira-
tion of the term of office of incumbent. 
"(b) Any judge receiving retirement salary other than for dis-
ability under the provisions of this section may be called upon by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to perform such judicial 
duties as maj^ be requested of him in said court, but in any event no 
such retired judge shall be required to render such service for more 
than ninety days in any calendar year after such retirement. In case 
of illness or disability precluding the rendering of such service such 
retired judge shall be fully relieved of any such duty during such 
illness or disability." 
SEC. 2. The amendment to the first paragraph of section 2 of title 
I X of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, set forth in the 
first section of this Act, shall take effect after the expiration of the 
term of office of the present judge of the District of Columbia Tax 
Court. 
Approved July 2, 1956. 
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", R. 3693] 
O. C. Tax Court. 
Term. 
370; (56 
69 St (It. 
52 Stat. 
Stat. 547; 
290. 
O. C. C o d e 47-
2402. 
Judge. 
Retirement. 
"Retire". 
Service after re-
tirement. 
Effective date.