62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 521 -523 --JUNE 19, 1948 apply to the following vessels: Kentucky (BB66), Hawaii (CB3), Wagner (DE539), Vandiver (DE540), Castle (DD720), Woodrow R. Thompson (DD721), Lansdale (DD766), Seymour D. Owens (DD767), Hoel (DD768), Abner Read (DD769), Seaman (DD791), Unicorn (SS436), and Walrus (SS437). Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 522] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes", approved July 2, 1940, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes", approved July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 739), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. The fee for recording liens or assignments of liens upon a certificate shall be the sum of $1 for each lien or assignment of lien on each motor vehicle or trailer contained in the instrument, which fee shall include the charge for recording the release of such lien." SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes", approved July 2, 1940, as amended by the first section of this Act, there shall be a fee of 50 cents for recording the release of a lien which is recorded under the provisions of such Act of July 2, 1940, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this Act and no assignment of which is recorded under the provisions of such Act of July 2, 1940, as amended, after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 523] AN ACT To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to make further pro- vision for the recording of title to, interests in, and encumbrances upon certain aircraft, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 973; U. S . C ., title 49, sec. 401), is amended by changing the number of paragraph (31) to (32), and by inserting, immediately following paragraph (30), the following new paragraph (31): "(31) 'Spare parts' means parts, appurtenances, and accessories of aircraft (other than aircraft engines and propellers), of aircraft engines (other than propellers), of propellers and of appliances, maintained for installation or use in an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, but which at the time are not installed therein or attached thereto." SEC. 2. Paragraph (17) of section 1 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(17) 'Conditional sale' means (a) any contract for the sale of an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part under which possession is delivered to the buyer and the property is to vest in the buyer at a subsequent time, upon the payment of part or all 493 June 19, 1948 IS. 2406] [Public Law 691] Motor-vehicle liens, D.C . D. C . Code, Supp. VI, §40-712. Fee for recording liens. Fee for recording re- lease of liens. June I1). 1918 IS. 2 -154 (Public Ilw 692] Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, amend- ment. "Spare parts." 52 Stat. 978. 49 U.S. C. § 401 (17). "Conditional sale."
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