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79d CONGRESS. SESS . I. CHS. 463, 464 . JULY 8,1932 .

649 (CHAPTER 463 .1 AN ACT

-To , s 1932. Author izing the con veyanc e of c ertain lands to the city o f Fall on, Nev ada . 54 .1 [Public, No . 273. ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Mon~~ of cer- of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the city of ~ s for dump. Fallon, Nevada, for use as a dumping ground, the following- described lands heretofore withdrawn from entry for irrigation pur- poses : The southwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter Description . section 20 and the northwest quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter section 29, all in township 19 north, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, consisting of twenty acres, more or less, upon con- dition that the city shall make payment for the land at the rate of $1 .25 per acre within six months after the approval of this Act : Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil minerals, ate., rem coal, or ther mineral deposits found at any time , in the land, and s`"ed ' the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the sam e under such rule s and regula tions as th e Secr etary of the Inter ior m ay pre scribe : Provided further, That the grant herein is made subject to any subj ect to existing valid existing claim or easement, and that the land hereby granted claims. shall be used by the city of Fallon, Nev ada, only for a dumping ground and if the said land or any part thereof shall be abandoned Rev ersion for non- for suZ use said land or such part shall revert to the United States' us"* and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to declare such a forfeiture of the grant and to restore said premises to the public domain if at any time he shall determine that the city has for more thait one year abandoned the land for the use herein indicated, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and con clus ive, and there upon ' and the reby said pre mises sha ll b e restored to the public domain and freed from the operations of this grant Approved, July 8, 1932 . [CHA PTER 464 .] AN ACT Jaiy 8,1982. To punish the sending through the mails of certain threatening communications . 1 !R .96.) (Public, No . 274.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House a Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress arse led, That whoever, with Postal e service. against, ex- intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value, tended . shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office or amm nded' P. 1128' station thereof, or in any authorized depository for mail mattes to fngndiin mmu cla mpe be sent or delivered by the post-office establishment of the United through united states States, any written or printed letter or other communication with "' or without a name or designating mark subscribed thereto, addressed to any other person, and containing any threat (1) to injure the person, property, or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person, or (2) to kidnap any person, Punishment for. or (3) to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, or containing any demand or request for ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both . SEC . 2 . Whoever with intent to extort from any person any money for M eiggnn coountry %dec- or ot her thi ng o ft value, shall knowingly de posit or cause to be livery b y a United deposited in any post office or station thereof, or in any authorized states post off loo . depository for mail matter of any foreign country any written or printed letter or other communication of the character described in section 1 of this Act, addressed to any person within the United