Public Law 83–427

That section 86, Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (sec. 1–316, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended (a) by striking therefrom the words “person convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, nor any”, and (b) by adding at the end thereof the following: “Except upon the written approval of the Commissioners, or of an official or officials of the District acting pursuant to rules and regulations issued by the Commissioners, no person who has been convicted of a felony in the District of Columbia or of an offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in the District, would be a felony, shall be employed in or by the government of the District of Columbia or any agency thereof.”