As I’ve been skimming the DC Code, I’ve started keeping track of provisions that call for “a fine of no more than $387 or imprisonment for not longer than 14 days, or both.” Numbers obviously changed to protect the innocent.…
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DC Code § 7-201 (3) “Dead body” means a human body or such parts of such human body from the condition of which it may be reasonably concluded that death recently occurred.
Too long for a tweet but oh so good
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D.C. Code § 7-205 (d) When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in the District, the birth shall be registered in the District, and the place…
Laws of the Day
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Some sections of the DC Code that caught my eye today: § 3-1104. Restriction on job training program combined with sprinkler installation program. Any job training programs chosen to be combined with a sprinkler installation program shall perform their job…
Better watch out…
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Grave robbery, and trafficking in bodies, carries a $200 fine or up to one year imprisonment in the Workhouse. So don’t do it, ‘kay? DC Code § 3-206
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies
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Skimming the DC Code and I come across Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies after 1998. The statute gives Council the authority to issue rules, which struck me as kind of…off-putting? since rules are generally the province of the executive/Mayor. But whatever. A…
Marriage
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Did I fool you into thinking that this would be a political post? Sorry, no such luck. Just wanting to point out an inconsistency I came across while skimming the DC Code regarding public sector workers’ compensation. (Not injured on…
And the difference is what, exactly?
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I needed to read the Council rules for a quick bit of research. In doing so, I skimmed the definitions section, where I came across the definition of Council recess: You will note that recess includes August through September 15…and,…
Progressive?
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Today’s post comes from a combination of my curiosity and my ignorance of history. I would guess (with no research into the question), as a matter of course, that a government’s default stance is that a person is ineligible for…
White male property owners?
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Is that provocative enough? Too provocative? Too provocative since race and racism are the issues of the week? (We haven’t heard of any new transvaginal ultrasound requirements this week, have we?) Too provocative since this is only about property ownership…