Volume 68 · 651
Public Law 83–563
To amend the laws relating to fees charged for services rendered by the office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia and the laws relating to appointment of personnel in such office, and for other purposes.
Approved August 3, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the laws relating to fees charged for services rendered by the office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia and the laws relating to appointment of personnel in such office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
notwithstanding the provisions of section 552 of subchapter 4 of chapter 16 of the Act approved March 3, 1901, as amended (Sec. 45–708, D. C.
31 Stat. 1276.
Code, 1951 edition); section 12 of the Act approved July 2, 1940, as amended and supplemented by the Act approved June 19, 1948 (secs.
54 Stat. 739; 62 Stat. 493.
D. C. Code 40–712, 40–712a.
45–712 and 45–712a, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), or any other Act of Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, from time to time, increase or decrease the fees authorized to be charged for filing, recording, and indexing or for making a certified copy of any instrument; for searching records; for taking acknowledgments; for recording plats; for filing affidavits; for filing certificates of incorporation and amendments of certificates; for recording liens, assignments of liens, or releases of liens on motor vehicles or trailers; or for any other service rendered by the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
The fees for services rendered by the office of the Recorder of Deeds shall be fixed at such rates, computed on such bases and in such manner as may, in the judgment of the Commissioners, be necessary to defray the approximate cost of operating the office of the Recorder of Deeds. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the Commissioners to modify any provision of the District of Columbia
68 Stat. 177.
Business Corporation Act, approved June 8, 1954.
Sec. 2.
Section 548 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, as amended by the Act approved June 9, 1952 (66 Stat. 129; sec. 45–701, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “All of the duties and functions of the Recorder of Deeds and of officers and employees in his office shall be performed subject to the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District.”
Sec. 3.
Section 549 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, as amended by the Act approved June 9, 1952 (sec. 45–702, D. C. Code,
Appointment.
Deputy recorder of deeds.
1951 edition), is amended by striking “The Recorder of Deeds is authorized to appoint a deputy recorder” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint a deputy recorder of deeds”.
Sec. 4.
So much of the first sentence of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1102, ch. 416), as amended by the Act approved June 9, 1952 (66 Stat. 129; sec. 45–703, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), as reads: “That the Recorder of Deeds is authorized to appoint a second deputy
Second deputy recorder of deeds.
recorder” is amended to read: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint a second deputy recorder of deeds”.
The third sentence of such Act approved March 3, 1925, as amended by such Act approved June 9, 1952, is amended to read: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint all
Office employees.
employees in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, except the Recorder, in accordance with civil-service laws and fix the compensation of all employees in such office in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the said Commissioners may delegate to any
63 Stat. 954.
officer subordinate to them the function of appointing any of the employees in such office other than the Recorder.”
Sec. 5.
Clause (p) of section 2 of the District of Columbia Business
Commissioners.
Delegation of functions.
Corporation Act (68 Stat. 180) is amended by adding thereto the following sentence: “It shall be the duty of the Recorder of Deeds and of any other officer or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia to perform any function delegated to such officer or agency by the Commissioners pursuant to this Act.”
Approved August 3, 1954.