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PUBLIC LAWS--HS. 427, 428 -JUNE 8, 9, 1948 Deposit of receipts. 46 Stat. 741. 19 U.. C.C. 1524. June 9, 1948 [H. R. 6071 [Public Law 615] Sexual psychopaths, D.O . 27 Stat. 324 . D. C. Code, Supp. VI, §22-1112. 49 Stat. 651. Penalty. connection with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by the International Industrial Exposition, Incorporated, a corpora- tion, to the Government of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropria- tion from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C. 1940 edition, title 19, sec. 1524). Approved June 8, 1948. [CHAPTER 428] AN ACT To provide for the treatment of sexual psychopaths in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, TITLE I INDECENT EXPOSURE SEO. 101. Section 9 of the Act of July 29, 1892, entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia", as amended (D. C . Code, 1940 edi- tion, sec. 22 -1112), is hereby amended by inserting " (a)" before "That it shall not be lawful" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) Any person or persons who shall make any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons, as described in subsec- tion (a), knowing he or she or they are in the presence of a child under the age of sixteen years, shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than six months, or fined in amount not to exceed $500." IMMORAITY-INVITING FOR PURPOSE OF, PROHIBITED SEC. 102. The first section of the Act of August 15, 1935, entitled "An Act for the suppression of prostitution in the District of Colum- bia" (D. C . Code, 1940 edition, sec. 22-2701) is hereby amended to read as follows: "That it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons sixteen years of age or over, in or upon any avenue, street, road, highway, open space, alley, public square, enclosure, public building or other public place, store, shop, or reservation or at any public gathering or assembly in the District of Columbia, to accom- pany, go with, or follow him or her to his or her residence, or to any other house or building, enclosure, or other place, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. And it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, or persuade, or address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any such person or persons from any door, window, porch, or portico of any house or building to enter any house, or go with, accompany, or follow him or her to any place whatever, for the purpose of prostitu- tion, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under the like penalties herein provided for the same conduct in the streets, avenues, roads, highways, or alleys, public squares, open spaces, enclosures, public buildings or other public places, stores, shops, or reservations or at any public gatherings or assemblies." 346 [62 STAT.