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(/us/bill/74/pl/23).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryBoy Scouts of America.Loan of camp equipment authorized.Vol. 39, p. 227.*Post*, pp, 443, 658. of War and the Secretary of the Navy are hereby authorized, at their discretion, under such rules and regulations as they may respectively prescribe, to lend to the Boy Scouts of America, a corporation chartered by Act of Congress approved June 15, 1916, for use at the national jamboree of the Boy Scouts to be held at Washington, District of Columbia, during the summer of 1935, such tents, cots, blankets, and other articles of camp equipage as may be desired by said Boy Scouts of America and available for its approximatelyCamp site to be furnished. thirty-five thousand Scouts and officials, and also furnish a camp site on the Fort Myer Military Reservation, Fort Myer, Virginia:*Proviso*.Bond required. *Provided*, That the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy before delivering such property shall take from such corporation a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States.

Approved, April 1, 1935. To amend the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1899, entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous and unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes”, and to further amend said Act by adding at the end thereof new sections numbered 5 and 6. 1935-04-05 49 Stat. 105 41 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 41.] AN ACT To amend the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1899, entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous and unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes”, and to further amend said Act by adding at the end thereof new sections numbered 5 and 6. April 5, 1935.[[S. 403](/us/bill/74/s/403).][[Public, No. 24](/us/bill/74/pl/24).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act ofDistrict of Columbia.Vol. 30, p. 923, amended.

March 1, 1899, is hereby amended to read as follows: " “That if in the District of Columbia any building or part of aRemoval or repair of unsafe buildings. building, staging, or other structure, or anything attached to or106Excavation.connected with any building or other structure or excavation, shall, from any cause, be reported unsafe, the inspector of buildings shall examine such structure or excavation, and if, in his opinion, the Notice to owner.same be unsafe, he shall immediately notify the owner, agent, or other persons having an interest in said structure or excavation, to cause the same to be made safe and secure, or that the same be Time allowed to repair, etc.removed, as may be necessary.

The person or persons so notified shall be allowed until 12 o’clock noon of the day following the service of such notice in which to commence the securing or removal of the same; and he or they shall employ sufficient labor to remove or secure the said building or excavation as expeditiously as can *Proviso*.Emergency action.be done: *Provided, however*, That in a case where the public safety requires immediate action the inspector of buildings may enter upon the premises, with such workmen and assistants as may be necessary, and cause the said unsafe structure or excavation to be shored up, taken down, or otherwise secured without delay, and a proper fence or boarding to be put up for the protection of passersby.

“Sec. 2. Failure to comply with notice to repair. That when the public safety does not, in the judgment of the inspector of buildings, demand immediate action, if the owner, agent, or other party interested in said unsafe structure or excavation, having been notified, shall refuse or neglect to comply Board of survey to be appointed.with the requirements of said notice within the time specified, then a careful survey of the premises shall be made by three disinterested persons, one to be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, one by the owner or other person interested, Report of.and the third to be chosen by these two, and the report of said Service of copy.survey shall be reduced to writing, and a copy served upon the owner or other interested party; and if said owner or other interested party refuse or neglect to appoint a member of said board of survey within the time specified in said notice, then the survey shall be made by the inspector of buildings and the person chosen by the Commissioners, and in case of disagreement they shall choose a third person, and the determination of a majority of the three so chosen shall be final.

“Sec. 3. Refusal to comply with board’s report. That whenever the report of any such survey shall declare the structure or excavation to be unsafe, or shall state that structural repairs should be made in order to place the said structure or excavation in a fit condition for further occupancy or use, and the owner or other interested person shall for ten days neglect or refuse to cause such structure or excavation to be taken down or Inspector of buildings to perform work.otherwise to be made safe, the inspector of buildings shall proceed to make such structure or excavation safe or remove the same.

After Interference by owner.the expiration of the ten days in which the owner or other interested person is given to make the structure or excavation safe, or to be taken down or removed, the owner or other interested person, having failed to comply with the provision of the report of the board of survey, shall not enter, or cause to be entered, the premises for the purpose of making the repairs ordered, or razing the building, as the case may be; or in any other way to interfere with the authorized agents of the District of Columbia in making the said structure or excavation safe, or in removing same, without first having obtained the written consent of the Commissioners of the Assessment of cost.District of Columbia or their duly authorized representatives.

The inspector of buildings shall report the cost and expense of said work to the Commissioners of the said District, who shall assess the amount thereof upon the lot or ground whereon such structure or excavation stands, or stood, or was dug, and unless the said assessment is paid within ninety days from the service of notice thereof on the agent or owner of such property, the same shall bear interest107 at the rate of 10 per centum per annum from the date of such assessment until paid, and shall be collected as general taxes are collected in said District; but said assessment shall be without prejudice to the right which the owner may have to recover from any lessee or other person liable for repairs.

“Sec. 4. That the existence on any lot or parcel of land, in theUncovered well, excavation, etc., declared nuisance. District of Columbia, of any uncovered well, cistern, dangerous hole, excavation, or of any abandoned vehicles of any description orAbandoned vehicle, debris, etc. parts thereof, miscellaneous materials or debris of any kind, including substances that have accumulated as the result of repairs to yards or any building operations, insofar as they affect the public health, comfort, safety, and welfare is hereby declared a nuisance dangerous to life and limb, and any person, corporation, partnership, syndicate, or company, owning a lot or parcel of land in said District on which such a nuisance exists who shall neglect or refuse to abatePenalty for failure to abate. the same to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, after five days’ notice from them to do so, shall, on conviction in the police court be punished by a fine of not exceeding $50 for each and every day said person, corporation, partnership, or syndicate, fails to comply with such notice.

In case the ownerRemedial action by Commissioners. of, or agent or other party interested in, any lot or parcel of land in the District of Columbia, on which there exists an open well, cistern, dangerous hole or excavation, or any abandoned or unused vehicles or parts thereof, or miscellaneous accumulation of material or debris which affects public safety, health, comfort, and welfare, shall fail, after notice aforesaid, to abate said nuisance within one week after the expiration of such notice, the said Commissioners may cause the lot or parcel of land on which the nuisance exists to be secured by fences or otherwise enclosed, and the removal of any abandoned vehicles, parts thereof or miscellaneous accumulation of material or debris adversely affecting the public safety, health, comfort, and welfare, and the cost and expense thereof shall be assessed by saidAssessment of costs.

Commissioners as a tax against the property on which such nuisanceInterest rate. exists, and the tax so assessed shall bear interest at the rate of 10 per centum per annum until paid, and be carried on the regular tax rolls of the District of Columbia and shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of general taxes. “Sec. 5. That for the purposes of this Act any notice requiredNotice; service of. by law or by any regulation aforesaid to be served shall be deemed to have been served

(a)if delivered to the person to be notified, or if left at the usual residence or place of business of the person to be notified, with a person of suitable age and discretion then resident therein; or

(b)if no such residence or place of business can be found in said District by reasonable search, if left with any person of suitable age and discretion employed therein at the office of any agent of the person to be notified, which agent has any authority or duty with reference to the land or tenement to which said notice relates; or

(c)if no such office can be found in said District by reasonable search, if forwarded by registered mail to the last known address of the person to be notified and not returned by the post-office authorities; or

(d)if no address be known or can by reasonable diligence be ascertained, or if any notice forwarded as authorized by the preceding clause of this section be returned by the post-office authorities, if published on three consecutive days in a daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia; or

(e)if by reason of an outstanding, unrecorded transfer of title the name of the owner in fact cannot be ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt, if served on the owner of record in the manner hereinbefore in this section108Nonresident owners.provided; or

(f)in case any owner be a nonresident of the District of Columbia, then after public notice by said Commissioners given at least twice a week for one week in one newspaper published in the District of Columbia, by advertisement, describing the property, specifying the nuisance to be abated. Any notice required by law or by any regulation aforesaid to be served on a corporation shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have been served on any such corporation if served on the president, secretary, treasurer, general manager, or any principal officer of such corporation in the manner hereinbefore provided for the service of notices on natural persons holding property in their own right; and, if required to be served on any foreign corporation, if served on any agent of such corporation personally, or if left with any person of suitable age and discretion residing at the usual residence or employed at the place Form of notice.of business of such agent in the District of Columbia. Every notice aforesaid shall be in writing or printing, or partly in writing and partly in printing; shall be addressed by name to the person to be notified; shall describe with certainty the character and location of the unlawful condition to be corrected, and shall allow a reasonable time to be specified in said notice, within which the person notified may correct such unlawful condition or show cause why he should not be required to do so. “Sec. 6. Inconsistent Acts, etc., repealed. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.” " Approved, April 5, 1935. To amend an Act approved May 1, 1906, entitled “An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” 1935-04-05 49 Stat. 108 42 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 42.] AN ACT To amend an Act approved May 1, 1906, entitled “An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” April 5, 1935.[[S. 406](/us/bill/74/s/406).][

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