Chapter 3616. To amend section five hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 3616.— An Act To amend section five hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia. June 29, 1906. [[H. R. 17133](/us/bill/59/hr/17133).] [[Public, No. 362](/us/pl/59/362).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia Code. Vol. 31, p. 1279, amended. Notaries public. *Provisos*. Practice before the Departments permitted. That section five hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, relating to notaries public, be amended by adding at the end of said section the following:
“ *Provided*, That the appointment of any person as such notary public, or the acceptance of his commission as such, or the performance of the duties thereunder, shall not disqualify or prevent such person from representing clients before any of the Departments of the United States Government in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, provided such person so appointed as a notary public who appears to practice or represent clients before any such Department is not otherwise engaged in Government employ, and shall be admitted by the heads of such Departments to practice therein in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed for other persons or attorneys Restriction. who are admitted to practice therein: *And provided further*, That no notary public shall be authorized to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, certify papers, or perform any official acts in connection with matters in which he is employed as counsel, attorney, or agent or in which he may be in any way interested before any of the Departments aforesaid.
” Approved, June 29, 1906.