An Act to amend the Act entitled ""An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,"" approved August 17, 1937, as amended
PL 86-716 (H.R.12563), enacted 09/06/1960

PUBLIC LAW 86-716-SEPT. 6, 1960 
[74 S T A T . 
Defense against 
certain liens. 
Violations. 
Penalty. 
Prosecutions, 
Power of C o m-
missioners. 
Savings clause. 
Effective date. 
District relating to the licensed activity. The provisions of the second, 
third, and fifth subparagraphs of paragraph (b) of the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to grant additional powers to the Com-
missioners, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 
(58 Stat. 820; sec. l-244(b), D.C. Code, 1951 edition), shall be applica-
ble to each bond authorized by this section as if it were the bond 
authorized by the first subparagraph of such paragraph (b) of the 
first section of said Act approved December 20,1944: Provided^ That 
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impose upon the surety 
on any such bond a greater liability than the total amount thereof 
or the amount remaining unextinguished after any prior recovery 
or recoveries. 
SEC. 3. In any case in which a property owner or occupant has en-
tered into a contract with a person offering to perform or to arrange 
for the performance of home improvement work, and such property 
owner or occupant makes payment for such work to the person offer-
ing to perform or arrange for the performance of the same, proof of 
such payment shall constitute a defense against, and render void, any 
lien sought to be asserted under the authority of sections 1237, 1238, 
and 1239 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1384; sees. 
38-101,102, and 103, D.C. Code, 1951 edition). 
SEC. 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act or of 
any regulation promulgated by the Commissioners under the authority 
of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished 
by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 
ninety days, or both. 
SEC. 5. Prosecutions for violations of this Act, or of the regulations 
made pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District 
by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. As used in this 
Act the term "Corporation Counsel" means the attorney for the Dis-
trict, by whatever title such attorney may be known, designated by 
the Commissioners to perform the functions prescribed for the Cor-
poration Counsel in this Act. 
SEC. 6. The authority and power vested in the Commissioners by 
any provision of this Act shall be deemed to be additional and supple-
mentary to authority and power now vested in them, and not as a 
limitation. 
SEC. 7. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not 
affect other provisions or the application of this Act which can be 
effected without the invalid provision or application, and to this 
end the provisions of this Act are severable. 
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
September 6, 1960 
[H. R. 12563] 
Public Law 86-716 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937, as 
amended. 
D. C. motor ve-
hicles. 
I d e n t i f i c a t i o n 
tags. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection 
(a) of section 3 of title IV of the Act entitled "An Act to provide 
additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses", approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 681), as amended (sec. 
74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-717-SEPT. 6, 1960 
817 
40-103(a), D.C. Code, 1951 ed., Supp. VIII), is amended by insert-
ing immediately before the period at the end of such subsection the 
following: ", except that in the event the Commissioners prescribe 
and issue as the official identification tags for the District of Colum-
bia tags treated with special reflective materials designed to increase 
the visibility and legibility of such tags, the Commissioners may 
charge a fee not exceeding fifty cents in addition to all other fees 
which may be required". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 3 of title IV of such Act (sec. 
40-103 (b), D.C. Code, 1951 edition, Supp. VIII), as amended, is 
amended (a) by striking "gasoline-j)ropelled" wherever such words 
appear in the subsection; (b) by striking, in class F of such subsec-
tion, "three sets of tags, $50", and inserting in lieu thereof "set of 
tags, $30"; and (c) by adding at the end of such subsection the fol-
lowing : 
"Class G. For each motor vehicle propelled by fuel not subject 
to taxation under the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for a tax on 
motor fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses', approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat. 106), as amended (sec. 47-
1901, and the following, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), and motor ve-
hicles propelled by any means other than motor fuels as defined in 
said Act, double the fees provided in this subsection for classes A 
through D." 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of subsection (e) of section 3 of such 
Act is amended by striking "and class C" and inserting in lieu there-
of "and class C and G". 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
Fees. 
68 Stat. 112. 
D. C. C o d e 40-
103. 
Public Law 86-717 
AN ACT 
To provide for the protection of forest cover for reservoir areas under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers. 
September 6, 1960 
[H. R. 9377] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That it is hereby 
Reservoir areas. 
declared to be the policy of the United States to provide that reservoir fore°s"V^<fs.°" ° 
areas of projects for flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power 
development, and other related purposes owned in fee and under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers 
shall be developed and maintained so as to encourage, promote, and 
assure fully adequate and dependable future resources of readily 
available timber, through sustained yield programs, reforestation, and 
accepted conservation practices, and to increase the value of such 
areas for conservation, recreation, and other beneficial uses: Provided^ 
That such development and management shall be accomplished to the 
extent practicable and compatible with other uses of the project. 
SEC. 2. In order to carry out the national policy declared in the first 
section of this Act, the Chief of Engineers, under the supervision of 
the Secretary of the Army, shall provide for the protection and 
development of forest or other vegetative cover and the establishment 
and maintenance of other conservation measures on reservoir areas 
under his jurisdiction, so as to yield the maximum benefit and other-
wise improve such areas. Programs and policies developed pursuant 
to the preceding sentence shall be coordinated with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and with appropriate State conservation agencies. 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
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