Public Law 441.

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66 Stat. 324 Public Law 441 chapter 550 AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of the Centre Hill Mansion, Petersburg, Virginia, to the Petersburg Battlefield Museum Corporation, and for other purposes.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 5599](/us/bill/82/hr/5599)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Centre Hill Mansion, Petersburg, Va. Conveyance. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey, without cost, to the Petersburg Battlefield Museum Corporation, Petersburg, Virginia, the property situated in Petersburg, Virginia, known as the Centre Hill Mansion, and the land on which such property is situated, which is the property as conveyed to the United States of America by Edgar S.

Bowling by deed dated May 29, 1937, and recorded in deed book numbered 137, page 159, in the clerk’s office of the Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg, Virginia: *Provided*, That such conveyance shall be made on condition that the mansion property shall be administered and maintained in the public interest as a public museum and that such revenues as may be obtained from the administration or operation of the said museum shall be used to continue its administration and preservation in the public interest.

The transfer may be effected subject to any additional terms and conditions which the Secretary of the Interior may consider to be advisable in carrying out the purpose of this Act. Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 442: To provide that salaries of rural carriers serving heavily patronized routes shall not be reduced by reason of increases in the length of such routes. Public Law 442 Public Law 442 66 Stat. 324 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 442 chapter 551 AN ACT To provide that salaries of rural carriers serving heavily patronized routes shall not be reduced by reason of increases in the length of such routes.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 6754](/us/bill/82/hr/6754)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postal service.[59 Stat. 455](/us/stat/59/455).[39 USC 867](/us/usc/t39/s867). That section 17

(d)of the Act of July 6, 1945 (Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Congress), as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “In case any such heavily patronized route is extended in length, the regular or temporary rural carrier assigned to such route at the time of such extension shall not be reduced in pay.” Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 443: To revise certain laws relating to the mail-messenger service. Public Law 443 Public Law 443 66 Stat. 324 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 443 chapter 552 AN ACT To revise certain laws relating to the mail-messenger service.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 7758](/us/bill/82/hr/7758)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postal service. That the part of the Act of July 28, 1916, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes” (ch. 261, 39 Stat. 418), and the part of the Act of June 3, 1924, entitled “An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to contract for mail-messenger service” (ch. 237, 43 Stat. 356), as codified in section 579, title 39, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: " “In the discretion of the Postmaster General, postmasters, assistantMail messenger service. postmasters, clerks, and rural carriers at post offices of the third and 66 Stat. 325 fourth class may enter into contracts for the performance of mail-messenger service, and allowance may be made therefor from the appropriations for mail-messenger service: *Provided*, That the Postmaster General shall determine that the performance of such contracts will not interfere with the regular duties of such employees or with the operations of the postal service. The total amount payable under such contract to any postmaster, assistant postmaster, clerk, or rural carrier shall not exceed $900 in any one year. Special-delivery messengers at post offices of all classes may enter into contracts for mail-messenger service.” " Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 444: To amend section 1699 of title 18 of the United States Code, relating to the unloading of mail from vessels. Public Law 444 Public Law 444 66 Stat. 325 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 444 chapter 553 AN ACT To amend section 1699 of title 18 of the United States Code, relating to the unloading of mail from vessels.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 7877](/us/bill/82/hr/7877)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postal service.[62 Stat. 77](/us/stat/62/77). That section 1699 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended

(a)by inserting after “post office,” in the first paragraph “except where waybilled for discharge at other ports in the United States at which the vessel is scheduled to call and the Postmaster General does not determine that unreasonable delay in the mails will occur,”;

(b)by inserting before the period at the end of the first paragaph a comma and the following: “except where waybilled for discharge at other reports in the United States at which the said vessel is scheduled to call and which the Postmaster General has not determined will be unreasonably delayed by remaining on board the said vessel for delivery at such ports”; and

(c)by striking out in the last paragraph “before he has delivered such letters”, and inserting in lieu thereof “before he has arranged for such delivery or onward carriage”. Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 445: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Collbran reclamation project, Colorado. Public Law 445 Public Law 445 66 Stat. 325 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 445 chapter 565 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Collbran reclamation project, Colorado.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 2813](/us/bill/82/hr/2813)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Collbran reclamation project, Colo. That, for the purpose of supplying water for the irrigation of approximately twenty-one thousand acres of land and for municipal, domestic, industrial, and stockwater uses and of producing and disposing of hydroelectric power and, as incidental to said purposes, for the further purpose of providing for the preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct the Collbran reclamation project, Colorado, substantially in accord with the plans set forth in the report of the Bureau of Reclamation approved by him, May 9, 1950, the estimated construction cost of which project is approximately $16,086,000, and to operate and maintain the same. Sec. 2. In constructing, operating, and maintaining the Collbran project, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902,32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof[43 USC 391](/us/usc/t43/s391). or supplementary thereto) except so far as these laws are inconsistent 66 Stat. 326 with this Act: *Provided*, That any contract entered into pursuant to subsection

(d)of section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 [43 USC 485h](/us/usc/t43/s485h).(53 Stat. 1187) may provide that the general repayment obligation shall be spread in annual installments, in number and amounts satisfactory to the Secretary, over a period of not exceeding fifty years, exclusive of any development period as therein provided, for any project contract unit or for any irrigation block, if the project contract unit be divided into two or more irrigation blocks: *Provided further*, That, not withstanding any provision of law to the contrary, net revenues derived from the sale of commercial power and from the furnishing of water for municipal, domestic, and industrial use shall be applied, first, to the amortization, with interest, of those portions of the actual cost of the construction of the project which are allocated, respectively, to commercial power and to municipal, domestic, and industrial water supply; and, thereafter, shall be applied to amortization of that portion of the cost allocated to irrigation which is beyond the ability of the irrigation water users to repay within the period specified above. Amortization of that portion of the construction cost allocated to commercial power shall include interest on the unamortized balance thereof at 3 per centum per annum. Repayment of that portion of the actual cost of constructing the project which is allocated to municipal, domestic, and industrial water supply and of interest on the unamortized balance thereof at a rate (which rate shall be certified by the Secretary of the Treasury) equal to the average rate paid by the United States on its long-term loans outstanding at the time the repayment contract is negotiated minus the amount of such net revenues as may be derived from temporary water supply contracts or from other sources prior to the close of the repayment period, shall be assured by a contract or contracts satisfactory to the Secretary, the term of which shall not exceed fifty years from the date of completion of the municipal and industrial water supply features of the project as determined by the Secretary. Sec. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of anyAppropriation. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, approximately $16,086,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 4. This Act and all works constructed hereunder shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River Compact dated November 24, [46 Stat. 3000](/us/stat/46/3000).[45 Stat. 1057](/us/stat/45/1057).[63 Stat. 31](/us/stat/63/31).[55 Stat. 1219](/us/stat/55/1219).1922, and proclaimed effective by the President June 25, 1929, the Boulder Canyon Project Act approved December 2, 1928, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact dated October 11, 1948, and the Mexican Water Treaty, and no right or claim of right to the use of the waters of the Colorado River shall be aided or prejudiced hereby. Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 446: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”. Public Law 446 Public Law 446 66 Stat. 426 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 446 chapter 566 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”.July 3, 1952[[H. R. 7231](/us/bill/82/hr/7231)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the first [2 USC 135a](/us/usc/t2/s135a).sentence of the Act of June 13, 1944 (58 Stat. 276), is amended by striking out the word “adult”. Approved July 3, 1952. Public Law 447: Approving the constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which was adopted by the people of Puerto Rico on March 3, 1952. Public Law 447 Public Law 447 66 Stat. 327 1952-07-03 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public

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