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[70 Stat. 785]
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PUBLIC LAW 869-AUG. 1, 1956

inflates or induces the inflation of the receipts of any post office or any station or branch thereof; or sells or disposes of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards, otherwise than as provided by law or the regulations of the Post Office Department; shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." Approved August 1, 1956.

Public Law 868

CHAPTER 819 AN ACT

To amend subdivision a of section 66—unclaimed moneys—of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, and to repeal subdivision b of section 66 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision a of section 66 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following additional sentence: "Such moneys and dividends shall be deposited and withdrawn as provided in title 28, United States Code, section 2042, and shall not be subject to escheat under the laws of any State." SEC, 2. Subdivision b of section 66 of the Bankruptcy Act is hereby repealed. Approved August 1, 1956. Public Law 869

Bankruptcy Act, amendments. 52 Stat. 875. 11 USC 106. 62 Stat. 960. Repeal.

CHAPTER 820

AN ACT To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands under certain circumstances without public auction. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, be further amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows: " (r) Wlienever any remnant of public land shall be disposed of, the commissioner of public lands shall first offer it to the abutting landowner for a period of three months at a reasonable price in no event to be less than the fair market value of the land to be sold, to be determined by a disinterested appraiser or appraisers, but not more than three, to be appointed by the governor; and, if such owner fails to take the same, then such remnant may be sold at public auction at no less than the amount of the appraisal: Provided, That if the remnant abuts more than one separate parcel of land and more than one of the owners of these separate parcels are interested in purchasing said remnant, the remnant shall be sold to the owner making the highest offer above the appraised value. "The term 'remnant' shall mean a parcel of land landlocked or without access to any public highway, and, in the case of an urban area, no larger than five thousand square feet in size, or, in the case of a suburban or rural area, no larger than one and one-half acres in size." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the date of its approval. Approved August 1, 1956.

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August 1.1955 [H. R. 6247]

August 1, 1956 [H. R. 7887]

Hawaii. Sale of lands. 31 Stat. 141. 48 USC 6 7 7b note.

"Remnant."