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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · Public Law 455

Public Law 455.

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(/us/pl/73/454).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryWilmington, Del.Exchange of lands with, authorized. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the 1206State of Delaware, for street purposes only, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to the following-described parcels of land which form a part of the new post-office site at Wilmington, Delaware:
Tract 1. Description. Beginning at the intersection of the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide and the northeasterly side of Eleventh Street at sixty-nine feet wide; thence northeasterly along the said side of Market Street two hundred and sixty-five feet three inches to the southwesterly side of Twelfth Street at eighty-five feet wide; thence southeasterly along the said side of Twelfth Street ten feet six inches to a point; thence southwesterly parallel to Market Street two hundred and sixty-five feet three inches to the first-mentioned northeasterly side of Eleventh Street; thence thereby northwesterly ten feet six inches to the place of beginning, containing therein approximately two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two square feet.
Tract 2. Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side of Eleventh Street at sixty-nine feet wide distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence southeasterly along the said side of Eleventh Street two hundred feet to the northwesterly side of King Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence northeasterly along the last- mentioned side of King Street eighteen feet to a point; thence north-westerly parallel to Eleventh Street two hundred feet to a point distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence southwesterly parallel to Market Street eighteen feet to the place of beginning, containing therein approximately three thousand six hundred square feet, in consideration of the conveyance by The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, to the United States of a valid title in and to the following-described parcel of land as an addition to the aforesaid post-office site:
Beginning at intersection of the northwesterly side of King Street (at sixty-five feet six inches wide) and the southwesterly side of Twelfth Street (as the same is at present established at eighty-five feet in width); thence northwesterly along the last-mentioned side of Twelfth Street two hundred feet to a point distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street as the same is at present established at sixty-five feet six inches in width; thence northeasterly parallel to Market Street thirty-two feet to a point ; thence southeasterly parallel to the first-mentioned side of Twelfth Street two hundred feet to the northwesterly side of King Street extended; thence thereby southwesterly thirty-two feet to the place of beginning. *Proviso*.Easement reserved for coal pit. *Provided, however*, That there shall be reserved to the United States an easement in perpetuity to construct and maintain a coal pit approximately twelve feet wide extending under the sidewalk in the eighteen-foot strip of land under Eleventh Street to be conveyed to The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, from a point approximately sixteen and one half feet southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street in a southeasterly direction a distance of approximately fifty feet.
Approved, June 22, 1934. Relating to conveyance of letters by private hands without compensation, or by special messenger employed for the particular occasion only. 1934-06-22 48 Stat. 1207 716 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public 1207 [CHAPTER 716.] AN ACT Relating to conveyance of letters by private hands without compensation, or by special messenger employed for the particular occasion only.June 22, 1934.[[H.R. 7670](/us/bill/73/hr/7670).][[Public, No. 455](/us/pl/73/455).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 186Postal Service.Vol. 17, p. 308;
Vol. 35, p. 1124,[U.S.C., p. 484](/us/usc/484). of the Act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1124) (U.S.C., title 18, sec. 309) is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit theConveyance of letters or packets by private hands, without compensation. conveyance or transmission or letters or packets by private hands without compensation, or by special messenger employed for the particular occasion only: *Provided*, That whenever more than twenty-five such*Proviso*.Treatment, if number exceeds twenty-five.[R.S., sec. 3933, p.764](/us/rs/3933/764).[U.S.C., p. 1206](/us/usc/1206). letters or packets are conveyed or transmitted by such special messenger, the requirements of section 3933 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 39, sec. 500) shall be observed as to each piece.
” " Approved, June 22, 1934. To amend section 392 of title 5 of the United States Code. 1934-06-22 48 Stat. 1207 717 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 717.] AN ACT To amend section 392 of title 5 of the United States Code.June 22, 1934.[[H.R. 8460](/us/bill/73/hr/8460).][
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