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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · August 24, 1935 · Public Law 317

Public Law 317.

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(/us/pl/74/316).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Smithsonian Winnie Mae, airplane.Purchase of, authorized.Institution is hereby authorized and directed to purchase on behalf of the United States the airplane Winnie Mae with the original instruments used in its world trips by Wiley Post, at a price not in excess of $25,000, and cause such airplane to be placed in the Smithsonian Institution.
Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of Appropriation authorized.*Post*, p. 1604.$25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 24, 1935. To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for air-mail service in Alaska. 1935-08-24 638 Chapter 49 Stat. 744 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public 744 [CHAPTER 638.] AN ACT To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for air-mail service in Alaska. August 24, 1935.[[H. R. 5159](/us/bill/74/hr/5159).][[Public, No. 317](/us/bill/74/pl/317).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled*, Postal service.Vol. 43, p. 990; [U. S. C. p. 1744](/us/usc/p1744). That the Act of February 21, 1925 (43 Stat. 960; 39 U. S. C. 488), is amended to read as follows:
" Alaska.Emergency mail service. “The Postmaster General may provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, at a total annual cost of not exceeding $25,000, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable, without advertising Air mail, for all classes, authorized.therefor; and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract, after advertisement in accordance with law, for the carriage of all classes Appropriation available.of mail within the Territory of Alaska, by airplane, payment therefor to be made from the appropriation for star-route service in Alaska.
” " Approved, August 24, 1935. To provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor. 1935-08-24 639 Chapter 49 Stat. 744 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 639.] AN ACT To provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor.
August 24, 1935.[[H. R. 5711](/us/bill/74/hr/5711).][
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