All 68 Stat. 525. Non-applicabil- (c) Except as provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, ity of statutes.sections 3733, 3734, and 3736 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U. S. C. 259; 41 U. S. C. 12, 14); section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 370; 40 U. S. C. 34); and any other provision of law (except applicable labor standards provisions) relating to the acquisition or disposal of real property, construction of buildings, or leasing of space, shall not apply to any of the functions performed by the Postmaster General in effectuating the purposes of this title. Time limitation. Annual report. Short title. SEC. 208. No agreement shall be entered into under this title later than a date ten years after the date of enactment of this title. SEC. 209. The Postmaster General shall include in his annual report an account of transactions conducted during the applicable year pursuant to the provisions of this title. SEC. 210. This title may be cited as the "Post Office Department Property Act of 1954". Approved July 22, 1954. To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled D. C. alley "An Act to provide, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, dwellings. and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings Repeals. situated in the alleys in the District of Columbia", approved September 25, 1914 (38 Stat. 716), as amended (secs. 5-101, 102, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is hereby repealed. 68 Stat. 730, SEC. 2. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 4 of the Act entitled 68 Stat. 731. "An Act to provide for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in alleys in the District of Columbia, and for the replatting and development of squares containing inhabited alleys, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, safety, and welfare, and for other purposes", approved June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 932), as amended (sec. 5-106, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect sixty days after approval or July 1, Effective date. 1955, whichever is earlier. Approved August 16, 1954. (482) Chapter 1032 - 2d Session AN ACT All 68 Stat. 884. To amend the Act entitled "An Act to create a Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved May 1, 1906, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled D. C. insanitary "An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary build- buildings. ings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved May 1, 1906 (34 Stat. 157; title 5, ch. 6, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized Investigation. to examine into the sanitary condition of all buildings in said District, to condemn those buildings which are in such insanitary condition as to endanger the health or lives of the occupants thereof or persons living in the vicinity, and to cause all buildings to be put into sanitary condition or to be demolished and removed, as may be required by the provisions of this Act. The Commissioners may authorize and direct the performance of the duties imposed on them by this Act by such officers, agents, employees, contractors, employees of contractors, and other persons as may be designated, detailed, employed, or appointed by the said Commissioners to carry out the purposes of this Act. The Commissioners or their designated agent or agents are authorized to investigate, through personal inquiry and inspection, into the sanitary condition of any building or part of a building in said District, except such as are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. The Commissioners, and all persons acting under their authority and the authority contained in this Act, may, between the hours of 8 o'clock antemeridian and 5 o'clock postmeridian, peaceably enter into and upon any and all lands and buildings in said District for the purpose of inspecting the same. "SEC. 2. (a) The Commissioners are directed to appoint or designate two separate boards, each to consist of not less than three members, to perform the duties and functions required by this Act, as follows: "(1) A Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings to Board for the examine into the sanitary condition of buildings in the District of condemnation Columbia, to determine which such buildings are in such insanitary of insanitary condition as to endanger the lives or health of the occupants thereof buildings. or of persons living in the vicinity, and to issue appropriate orders of condemnation requiring the correction of such condition or conditions or to require the demolition of any building, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 66 (2) A Condemnation Review Board, no member of which shall act Condemnation as a member of the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Build- Review Board, ings, to review, upon written request, any order of. condemnation issued by the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings, and to affirm, modify, or vacate such order of condemnation if the Condemnation Review Board shall find that the sanitary condition of the building under examination requires the affirmation, modification, or vacation of such order of condemnation. The Condemnation Review Board shall consist of at least, three members and an alternate member for each of said members, at least two-thirds of such members and at least two-thirds of such alternate members to be residents of the District of Columbia and to be selected from among the persons designated under subsection (c) of this section, and not more than one-third of such members and one-third of such alternate members may be employed by the government of the District of Columbia. "(b) A majority of the members of each of the boards established quorum. All 68 Stat. 885. Requirement for membership. Pay. Condemnation procedure. Order, by subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of the members present shall be required in connection with any act of either of the said boards. No person shall act as a member of either of the said boards who has any property interest, direct or indirect, in his own right or through relatives or kin, in the building the sanitary condition of which is under consideration. "(c) The Commissioners shall designate a number of real property owning residents of the District of Columbia, not employed by the government of the District of Columbia or the Government of the United States, each of whom from time to time shall be designated by the Commissioners to act as a member or an alternate member of the Condemnation Review Board established under the authority of subsection (a) of this section. Each such person shall be entitled to a fee of $25 for each day he is actually engaged in discharging his duties as a member of said Board, or as an alternate member acting in the place of a member. (d) The several provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act approved April 16, 1932 (47 Stat. 86; secs. +601 to 4-603, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), shall be applicable to and enforceable in any proceeding conducted under the authority of this Act. Each person acting as a member of either of the boards required to be established by this section, and each alternate member when acting in the stead of the member for whom he is alternate, is hereby authorized to administer oaths to witnesses summoned in any proceeding conducted by either of the said boards. Any fee which may be paid any witness summoned to appear before either of the said boards shall be assessed as a tax against the property the condition of which is under investigation, such tax to be collected in the same manner as general taxes are collected in the District of Columbia: Provided, That whenever any order of condemnation is vacated or set aside, either by the Condemnation Review Board or by a court, the witness fee authorized by this subsection to be assessed against the property affected by such order of condemnation shall not be so assessed, but shall be paid by the Government of the District of Columbia. "SEC. 3. Whenever the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings shall find that any building or part of building is in such insanitary condition as to endanger the health or lives of the occupants thereof or persons living in the vicinity, the owner of such building shall be served with a notice requiring him to show cause, within a time to be specified in such notice, why such building or part of building should not be condemned. The time to be fixed in such notice shall not be less than ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after the date of service of said notice, unless the Board shall find that the insanitary condition of such building or part of building is such as to cause immediate danger to the health or lives of the Occupants thereof or of persons living in the vicinity, in which case a lesser time may be specified in said notice. If within the time to show cause fixed by the Board, the owner shall fail to show cause sufficient in the opinion of the Board to prevent the condemnation of such building or part of building, the Board shall issue an order condemning such building or part of building and ordering the same to be put into sanitary condition or to be demolished and removed within a time to be specified in said order of condemnation, and shall cause a copy of such order to be served on the owner and a copy to be affixed to the building or part of building condemned. The Board shall give the owner reasonable time within which to put the building in sanitary condition, but such time shall be not less than six months after the date of service of said order on said owner, unless the Board shall find that the condition of said premises is such as to cause immediate All 68 Stat. 886. danger to the health or lives of the occupants thereof or of persons living in the vicinity, in which event the Board may fix a lesser time. From and after fifteen days, exclusive of Sundays or legal holidays, or within such additional time as may be fixed by the Board, after a copy of any order of condemnation has been affixed to any condemned building or part of building, no person shall occupy such building or part of building. "SEC. 4. No person having authority to prevent shall permit any Prevention rebuilding or part of building condemned to be occupied, except as stricted. specially authorized by the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings under the authority contained in this Act, after fifteen days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, or within such additional time as may be fixed by the Board, from and after the date of service of a copy of the order of condemnation on the owner of such building; or, if a copy of such order of condemnation has been affixed to the condemned building or part of building at a date subsequent to the date of service of the notice on the owner, after fifteen days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, or within such additional time as may be fixed by the Board, from the date on which said copy of such order of condemnation was so affixed. "SEC. 5. The owner of any building or part of building condemned Repairs or under the provisions of this Act shall, within the time specified by demolition. the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the order of condemnation, or any extension of time which may be granted by the Board, (1) make such changes or repairs as will remedy the conditions which led to the condemnation of such building or part of building, or (2) cause such building or part of building to be demolished and removed: Provided. That any owner repairing a building or part of building in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be required to make only those repairs which are reasonably related to a correction of the insanitary condition or conditions found by said Board to exist in or about said building, and nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the Board to require any repair not reasonably related to the correction of any insanitary condition in or about such building, or to require such building to be brought fully into conformity with the District of Columbia Building Code or other building regulations in effect at the time such repairs are made. Whenever any building is repaired or demolished in accordance with the requirements of this section, such repair or demolition shall be performed in such manner and under the authority of such permit as may be required by any applicable law or regulation. "SEC. 6. If the owner of any building or part of building condemned Cancelation of under the provisions of this Act shall make such changes or repairs condemnation as will remedy in a manner satisfactory to the Board for the order. Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings the conditions which led to the condemnation of such building or part of building, the order of condemnation shall be canceled and the building may again be occupied. If the owner cannot make such changes or repairs within the period within which the owner may lawfully permit such building or part of building to be occupied under section 4 of this Act, but proceeds with such changes or repairs with reasonable diligence during such period, said Board may, by special order, extend from time to time the period within which the occupants of said building or part of building may remain therein, and within which the owner of such building may permit the said occupants so to remain. "SEC. 7. If the owner of any building or part of building condemned Violation of under the provisions of this Act shall fail to remedy in a manner order. satisfactory to the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings the condition or conditions which led to the condemnation thereof, |