An Act to establish a Federal commission on the disposition of Alcatraz Island
PL 88-138 (H.R.1709), enacted 10/16/1963

77 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-138-OCT. 16, 1963 
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of a person standing in loco parentis to such minor, and if such where-
abouts are ascertained shall as soon as practical notify such parent or 
loco parentis that such minor is affected with a venereal disease, or is 
a carrier of a venereal disease, and whether he has received or refused 
such treatment." 
SEC. 2. So much of section 3 of the Act entitled "To amend the Act 
entitled 'An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia to make regulations to prevent and control the spread of 
communicable and preventable diseases', approved August 11, 1939", 
approved August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 919), as reads "renumbered as 
section 13" is amended to read "renumbered as section 15". 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to affect the 
authority vested in the Board of Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824). 
D. C. code i, 
The performance of any function vested by this Act in the Board of ^PP-
Commissioners, or in any office or agency under the jurisdiction and 
control of said Board of Commissioners may be delegated by said 
Board of Commissioners in accordance with section 3 of such plan. 
Approved October 11, 1963. 
Public Law 88-138 
A N A C T 
October 16, 1963 
FH R 17091 
To establish a Federal commission on the disposition of Aleatraz Island. 
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Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled, That (a) there is 
commission on 
hereby established a commission to be known as the Commission on ^icitrazTsUnd °^ 
the Disposition of Aleatraz Island (in this Act referred to as "the 
Establishment. 
Commission") which shall consist of five members, three of whom 
shall be appointed by the President of the United States, one by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one by the President 
of the Senate. The three members appointed by the President of the 
United States shall include a member nominated by the Governor of 
the State of California and a member nominated by the mayor of 
San Francisco. 
(b) A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment 
was made. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice 
chairman from among its members. 
(b) Three members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall make an investigation and study 
of possible uses for Aleatraz Island when it is no longer used as a 
Federal prison. 
(b) The Commission shall recommend the use or uses which it 
regards as most appropriate, shall make an estimate of the cost 
thereof, and shall recommend how such cost should be borne. 
SEC. 4. The Commission shall transmit the results of its investiga-
tion and study, and its recommendations, in a report to the Congress 
Report to con-
submitted not later than December 31, 1963. In the event that such ^'•^^^• 
report is made when the Congress is not in session, it shall be trans-
mitted to the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Six months 
Termination. 
after the submission of such report, the Commission shall cease to 
exist. 
SEC. 5. Members of the Commission aj)pointed under the authority 
of this Act shall serve without compensation. 
Approved October 16, 1963.