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The Library Services Act (LSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1956. Its purpose was to promote the development of public libraries in rural areas through federal funding. It was passed by the 84th United States Congress as the H.R. 2840 bill, which the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law on June 19, 1956.
As per section 12 of Legal Services Authorities Act 1987, [9] free legal aid is available to following categories of citizens: [10] [11]-"A person from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. -A person under category of beggar as per Article 23 of the Constitution or a victim of human trafficking. -Child or a woman. -Woman who is victim of rape. [12]
The Legal Services Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that seeks to liberalise and regulate the market for legal services in England and Wales, to encourage more competition and to provide a new route for consumer complaints. [4] It also makes provisions about the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.
Library Services and Construction Act; Long title: An Act to amend the Library Services Act in order to increase the amount of assistance under such Act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas. Acronyms (colloquial) LSCA: Nicknames: Library Services Act Amendment of 1964: Enacted by: the 88th United States Congress: Effective: February ...
When Alaska became a state in 1959, section 4 of the Alaska Statehood Act provided that any existing Alaska Native land claims would be unaffected by statehood and held in status quo. [5] [6] Yet while section 4 of the act preserved Native land claims until later settlement, section 6 allowed for the state government to claim lands deemed ...
From 1841 to 1874, the faculty elected a president that communicated with the regents about department needs. In 1875, Henry Simmons Frieze became the first of the deans of LSA. In March 2013 Helen Zell gave $50 million to LSA, the largest gift in LSA history, to support scholarships and stipends for Master's students in creative writing. [3]
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–559), also known as PASPA or the Bradley Act, was a law, judicially-overturned in 2018, that was meant to define the legal status of sports betting throughout the United States. This act effectively outlawed sports betting nationwide, excluding a few states.
The Law Society of Alberta (LSA) is the self-regulating body for lawyers in Alberta, Canada, established in 1907 [2] which derives its authority from the Legal Profession Act of the Government of Alberta. [4] Its main office is located in Calgary. As of 2023, there were 11,000 legal practitioners in Alberta regulated by the LSA. [5]