An Act to provide for the delayed reporting of births within the District of Columbia.
PL 84-649 (H.R.9582), enacted 07/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 649-JULY 2, 1956 
487 
Public Law 648 
CHAPTER 497 
AN ACT 
To amend section 5 of the Act of August 7, 1946, entitled "An Act for tlie retire-
ment of public school teacliers in the District of Columbia", as amended. 
July 2, 195e) 
[H. R. 10768] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 of the 
Act of August 7, 1946, erffitled "An Act for the retirement of public 
school teachers in the District of Columbia", as amended, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(c) (1) The annuity of any person who now^ or hereafter is receiv-
ing or entitled to receive an annuity from the teachers' retirement and 
annuity fund shall be increased, effective on October 1, 1955, or on 
the commencing date of the annuity, whichever is later, in accordance 
with the following schedule: 
"If annuity commences between-
August 20, 1920, and Junf; 30,1955 
July 1,1955, and December 31,1955 
January 1, 1956, and June 30, 1956 
July 1, 1956, and December 31, 1956 
January 1, 1957, and June 30, 1957 
July 1,1957, and December 31,1957 
Annuity not in ex-
cess of $1,500 shall 
be increased by— 
12 per centum 
.. 
10 per centum . _ .. 
8 per centum 
6 per centum _ 
4 per centum 
2 per centum 
Annuity in excess 
of $1,500 shall be 
increased by— 
7 per centum 
4 per centum 
1 per centum 
"Such increase in annuity shall not exceed the sum necessary to 
increase such annuity, exclusive of annuity purchased by voluntary 
contributions under this Act, to $4,104. The monthly installment of 
each annuity so increased shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. 
"(2) The increases provided by this subsection, when added to the 
annuities of retired employees, shall not operate to increase the annui-
ties of their survivors, except that the annuity of any such survivor 
who becomes entitled to annuity shall be increased by the per centum 
provided in subsection (c) (1) of this section appropriate to the 
commencing date of such survivors annuity." 
SEC. 2. Any person entitled to annuity pursuant to the provisions 
of the Act approved January 15, 1920 (41 Stat. 387), as amended, or 
the Act approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 875), as amended, may 
decline to accept all or any part of such annuity by a waiver signed 
and filed with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their 
designated agent. 
Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any 
time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made covering the 
period during which such waiver was in effect. 
Approved July 2, 1956. 
D« C* teachers* 
Retirementt 
66 Stat. 17. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
725. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
701 to 31-739. 
Public Law 649 
CHAPTER 498 
AN ACT 
July 2, 19S6 
To provide for the delayed reporting of births within the District of Columbia. 
[H. R. 9582] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentati'ves of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the better registration of 
births in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1010, sec. 6-301, D. C. Code), is amended by 
inserting " ( a ) " at the beginning thereof after the word "That", and 
by adding at the eiid thereof the following new subsection: 
488 
PUBLIC LAW 650-JULY 3, 1956 
[TOST AT 
"(b) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby 
authorized and empowered to adopt rules and regulations governing 
the filing of reports of births and the issuance of delayed birth regis-
tration certificates, in those cases where certificates of birth have not 
been recorded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section." 
Approved July 2, 1956. 
July 3, 19S6 
[S. 1275] 
Public Law 650 
CHAPTER 508 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to designate employ-
ees of the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and 
grounds of any institution located upon property outside of the District of 
Columbia acquired by the United States for District sanitoriums, hospitals, 
training schools, and other institutions. 
urns, etc* 
Desi gn at ion of 
employees to pro-
tect property o u t -
side District* 
Powersto arrest* 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^imi etc!*"^***'^' ^^^^^^<^ States of America in Congress assenwied, That (a) the Com-
r.i_. _
*
_ ...—X missioners of the District of Columbia may designate any employee of 
the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and 
grounds of any institution upon land outside the District acquired by 
the United States for the District of Columbia for the establishment or 
operation thereon of any sanitorium, hospital, training school, correc-
tional institution, reformatory, workhouse, or jail: Provided^ That 
such employee shall be bonded for the faithful discharge of such duties, 
and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall fix the penalty 
of any such bond. 
Whenever any employee is so designated he is 
hereby authorized and empowered (1) to arrest under a warrant within 
the buildings and grounds of any such institution any person accused 
of having committed within any such buildings or grounds any offense 
against the laws of the United States, or against any rule or regulation 
prescribed pursuant to this Act; (2) to arrest without a warrant any 
pei-son committing any such offense within such buildings or grounds, 
in his presence; or (3) to arrest without warrant within such buildings 
or grounds, any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has 
committed a felony in such buildings or grounds. 
(b) Any individual having the power to arrest as provided in sub-
section (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons and 
shall wear such uniform with such identification badge as the Commis-
sioners may direct or by regulation may prescribe. 
SEC. 2. The Commissioners may make and amend such rules and 
regulations as they deem necessary for the protection of life and 
propei'ty in or on the buildings and grounds of any such institution. 
SEC. 3. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule 
or regulation prescribed under this Act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more 
than six months or both. 
SEC. 4. The officer on duty in command of those employees desig-
nated by the Commissioners as provided in section 1 of this Act may 
accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the viola-
tion of any rule or regulation prescribed under this Act, for appear-
ance in court or before the appropriate United States commissioner; 
and such collateral shall be deposited with the United States com-
missioner sitting in the district where the offense has been committed. 
SEC. 5. The Commissioners may enter into agreements with any of 
the States, or any political subdivision thereof, where any such insti-
tution mentioned in section 1 of this Act is located, for such govern-
mental services as the Commissioners shall deem necessary to the 
W e a p o n s , uni-
forms, etc* 
Rules and regu-
lations* 
Deposit of c o 1 
lateral* 
Agreements with 
States*