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36 Stat. 961.

Appropriation authorized.

PUBLIC LAW 199—OCT. 24, 1951

of Agriculture is hereby authorized, when suitable arrangements have been made for the use of airport facilities, to acquire by donation, purchase, and/or condemnation such tract or tracts of land, at or near Missoula, Montana, as in his judgment may be suitable for the construction thereon of fire control smoke jumper headquarters, air cargo supply base, and other facilities, and said land upon acceptance of title to be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U.S.C. 515, 516). SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, by contract or otherwise, to cause to be planned, designed, and constructed on said land, such buildings as in his judgment may be suitable as fire control smoke jumper headquarters, air cargo supply base, and-other facilities, and including the purchase and installation of necessary equipment, the making of sewer, water, gas, electrical and other connections, and the construction of such roadways, sidewalks, landscaping, and approaches as may be required. SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $970,000: Provided, That the Secretary may, prior to July 1, 1953, enter into contracts for the acquisition of the land and for the construction of the buildings and other installations herein authorized, to an amount not in excess of $600,000. Approved October 24, 1951.

Public Law 199 October 24, 1951 [S. 1335]

Postal service. Fourth-class mail.

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AN ACT To readjust size and weight limitations on fourth-class (parcel post) mail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on fourth-class matter the limit of size shall be seventy-two inches in girth and length combined and the limit of weight shall be over eight ounces and not exceeding forty pounds in the first and second zones and twenty pounds in the third to eighth zones; except that in the case of parcels (1) mailed at any post office or on any rural or star route for delivery at any second-, third-, or fourth-class post office or for delivery by any rural or star route carrier, or (2) mailed at any second-, third-, or fourth-class post office or on any rural or star route, or (3) containing baby fowl, live plants, trees, shrubs, or agricultural commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), or (4) of books, permanently bound for preservation, consisting wholly of reading matter or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for students' notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books, or (5) mailed in the United States, including the District of Columbia, for delivery by any Army or Fleet post office or in any Territory or possession of the United States, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or mailed at any Army or Fleet post office or in any Territory or possession of the United States, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, for delivery in the United States, including the District of Columbia, or any Army or Fleet post office or any Territory or possession thereof, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the limit of size shall be one hundred inches in girth and length combined and the limit in weight shall be over eight ounces and not exceeding seventy pounds.