An Act to provide that in the District of Columbia one or more grantors in a conveyance creating an estate in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties may also be one of the grantees
PL 91-530 (H.R.13564), enacted 12/07/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-530-DEC. 7, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
December 7,1970 
[H.R. 13564] 
Public Law 91-530 
AN ACT 
To provide that iu the District of Columbia one or more grantor,s in a conveyance 
creating an estate in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties may also be 
one of the grantees. 
D.c. 
Tenancies* 
31 Stat. 1352; 
32 Stat. 538. 
D.C. Code, 
technical amend-
ments. 
Ante, p . 484. 
D.C. Code 22-
1122. 
Repeal, 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1031 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of 
Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 45-816), is 
amended (1) by adding at the end thereof the following: "An estate 
in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties may be created by a con-
veyance in Avhich one or more of the grantors in the conveyance is also 
one of the grantees.", and (2) by striking out "and joint tenancies" 
in the side heading of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: ", tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies". 
SEC. 2. (a) Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, as amended 
by section 111 of the Act of July 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 475), is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 11-921 (a) (3) (A) (ix) of such title is amended by strik-
ing out "sec. 1-804 (b)"' and inserting in lieu thereof "sec. l-804b". 
(2) Section 11-1101(8) of such title is amended \ys striking out 
"subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "section". 
(3) Section 11-1101(16) of such title is amended by striking out 
"VII" and inserting in lieu thereof "IV". 
(4) Section 11-1501 (b) (4) of such title is amended by inserting 
immediately after "Fairfax C^ounties" the following: "(and any cities 
within the outer boundaries thereof)". 
(5) Section 11-1561(5) of such title is amended by striking out 
"has either (A)" and inserting in lieu thereof "either (A) has". 
(6) Section 11-1561(6) of such title is amended by striking out 
"has either (A)" and inserting in lieu thereof "either (A) has". 
(7) Section 11-1742(a) of such title is amended by striking out 
"mav be assigned" and inserting in lieu thereof "may be assigned". 
(b) (1) Section 601 of the Act of July 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 667), is 
amended by striking out "IX" and inserting in lieu thereof "X". 
(2) It is the intent of Congress that the amendment made by para-
graph (1) of this subsection shall (A) revive title I X of the Act of 
December 27, 1967 (81 Stat. 742), as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, and (B) repeal title X of such Act of December 27,1967 (81 Stat. 
742), as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Title 23 of the District of Columbia Code, as enacted by section 
210(a) of the Act of July 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 604), is amended as 
follows: 
(1) The heading of section 23-551 of such title is amended by 
striking out "supression" and inserting in lieu thereof "suppression". 
(2) Section 23-551 (b) (5) of such title is amended by striking out 
"subsection (i) of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 
23-549 (a)". 
(d) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c) of this 
section shall take effect on the first day of the seventh calendar month 
which begins after the date of the enactment of the Act of July 29, 
1970 (84 Stat. 473). 
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SEC. 3. That part of the schedule of rates contained in section 101 ^^^'^^ ^^^oiice' 
of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, salary 
"adjustment. 
as amended (D.O. Code, sec. 4-823), relating to salary class 11 is Ante, p. 354. 
amended to read as follows: 
"Salary class and title 
Class 1 1 . . . 
Service step 
1 
2 
3 
__-. 29.925 31.350 32.775 . . . 
4 
Longevity step 
5 
6 
A 
B 
C 
Fire Chief 
Chief of Police." 
SEO. 4. The amendment made by the third section of this Act shall 
Effective date. 
take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after 
July 1, 1969. 
Approved December 7, 1970. 
Public Law 91-531 
AN ACT 
December 7, 1970 
To amend section 19 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962. 
[H. R. 670] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejjresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 19 of 
D.C. 
the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 917; J^''J"ltl>ir'T^' 
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ance recxpientS|. 
.C Lode, sec. 3-218) is amended to read as lollows: 
responsibility o
f 
"SEC. 19. (a) Responsible relatives for any applicant or recipient relatives. 
of public assistance shall be limited to spouse for spouse and parent for 
a child under the age of twenty-one, and their financial responsibility 
shall be based upon their ability to pay. Any such applicant or recipient 
of public assistance or person in need thereof, or the Commissioner of 
the District of Columbia, may bring an action to require such finan-
cially responsible spouse or parent to provide such support, and the 
court shall have the power to make orders requiring such spouse or 
parent to pay such eligible applicant or recipient of public assistance 
such sum or sums of money in such installments as the court in its dis-
cretion may direct, and such orders may be enforced in the same man-
ner as orders for alimony. 
"(b) The Commissioner is authorized en behalf of the District to 
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sue such spouse or parent for the amount of public assistance granted 
to such recipient under this Act or under any Act repealed by this Act, 
or for so much thereof as such spouse or parent is reasonably able to 
"(c) AH suits, actions, and court proceedings under this section 
court jurisdic.. 
shall be brought in the Domestic Relations Branch of the District of "°"* 
Columbia Court of General Sessions, or in that court division which 
may subsequently exercise the jurisdiction exercised by the Domestic 
Relations Branch on the effective date of this Act. To the extent appli-
cable, suits, actions, and proceedings brought pursuant to this section 
shall be governed by the provisions of the Act approved April 11,1956 
(70 Stat. I l l ) , as such Act may from time to time be amended or An<e, p. 473. 
superseded." 
Approved December 7, 1970.