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72d CONG RESS . SESS. I . CHS. 288, 289, 305 . JUNE 28, 29, 1932 .

341 failure to furnish the sender a return receipt or the equivalent is not due to the fault of the Postal Service ." e SEc . 2. That paragraph (b) of section 211 of Title II of an Act Collect- on . delivery ntitled "An - A ct reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and voi.4a, p .1069 . employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and com- U. S .C.,p .1251. pensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes, approved February 28, 1925 (U. S . C ., title 39, sec . 246), is amended to read as follows "(b) The fee for collect-on-delivery service for domestic third Schedule of rates . and f ourth class mail s hall be 12 cents for co llecti ons a nd ind emnity not to exceed $5 ; 17 cents for collections and indemnity not to exceed $25;22 cents for collections and indemnity not to exceed $50 ; 32 cents for collections and indemnity not to exceed $100 ; 40 cents for collections and indemnity not to exceed $150 ; a nd 45 c en ts f o r collections and indemnity not to exceed $200 ." SEC. 3 . This Act shall become effective July 1, 1932 .

Effective date . Approved, June 28, 1932 . ICHAPTER 289 .] AN ACT June 28, 1932. To provide for the conveyance by the United States of a certain tract of land to [H . R. IM .] the borough of Stonington, in the county of New London, in the State of [Public, No. 204.] Connecticut . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, T hat the S ecre tary Connecticut . of land of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey by quitclaim InNe t whLondo onCounty deed unto the borough of Stonington, in the county of New London, in the State of Connecticut, all of its right, claim, or title to or the possession of that tract of land, less than one acre, known as Ston- ington Point, situated in the borough 'of Stonington, county of New London, in the State of Connecticut, for improvement and mainte- nance as a plaza in commemoration of those valiant men who so nobly defended it during the three-day bombardment by the British fleet under Commodore Hardy, on August 9, 10, and 11, 1814 .

Right to maintain SEC . 2. The United States reserves the right to maintain such navigation lights, etc ., lights on the property to be conveyed as the needs of navigation may reserved . require, and the right to enter upon the reservation by the most con- venient route for the purpose of mainten ance of such lights and reserve an easement for beams of light from such lights, and the right to trim any trees that now exist or may hereafter exist that int erfere with or obs truct the b eams o f such light s . SEc. 3. The conveyance shall be made on completion of said im- b madeconveyanceto provement by said borough of Stonington and said deed shall recite all the conditions contained in this Act . Approved, June 28, 1932 . [CH APTER 305.] AN ACT

June 29, 1932 . To amend section 99 of the Judicial Code (U . S. C ., title 28, sec . 180), as amended. [H. R . 9306 .] [Public, No. 205 .] T Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the U nited state s cou rts . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 99 of Vol.46,p.495 . the Judicial Code, as amended (U . S . C., title 28, sec . 18 0), be V .,ps46,p .lso ;snpp . amended to read as follows :

North Dakota iudi- " SEC. 99 . The State of North Dakota shall constitute one judicial ci al dis trict . district to be known as the district of North Dakota . The territory 51O nouthwestrrn dwi- embraced on the 1st day of January, 1932, in the counties of Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, D unn, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant,