An Act to amend section 1721, title 18, United States Code, relating to the sale or pledge of postage stamps
PL 84-867 (H.R.5417), enacted 08/01/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 865-AUG. 1, 1956 
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52 Stat. 993. 
49 u s e 483. 
Public Law 865 
CHAPTER 816 
AN ACT 
To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 in order to permit air carriers to 
grant reduced rate transportation to ministers of religion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Americfa in Congress assembled^ That subsection (b) 
of section 403 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence: "Any 
air carrier or foreign air carrier, under such terms and conditions as 
the Board may prescribe, may grant reduced-rate transportation to 
ministers of religion on a space available basis." 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
August 1, 1956 
[S. 4215] 
Public Law 866 
CHAPTER 817 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 15, 1954, authorizing the sale of certain vessels to 
Brazil. 
Brazil. 
Sale of veasels. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Urdted States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
Congress entitled "To authorize the sale of certain vessels to Brazil 
for use in the coastwise trade of Brazil", approved July 15, 1954 (68 
Stat. 481), is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof 
a comma and the following: "except that, upon recommendation of 
the Maritime Administrator, and with the approval of the Secretary 
of Commerce, any such vessel may carry bulk grain and coal cargo 
while en route from the United States directly to Brazil after purchase 
hereunder for use thereafter only in the coastwise trade of Brazil". 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
Public Law 867 
CHAPTER 818 
August 1. 1956 
[H. R. 5417] 
62 Stat. 783. 
18 u s e 1721. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1721, title 18, United States Code, relating to the sale or pledge 
of postage stamps. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled, That section 1721, 
title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
•'§ 1721. Sale or pledge of stamps 
"Whoever, being a postmaster or postal service employee, know-
ingly and wdllfully: uses or disposes of postage stamps, stamped 
envelopes, or postal cards entrusted to his care or custody in the pay-
ment of debts, or in the purchase of merchandise or other salable 
articles, or pledges or hypothecates the same or sells or disposes of 
them except for cash; or sells or disposes of postage stamps or postal 
cards for any larger or less sum than the values indicated on their 
faces; or sells or disposes of stamped envelopes for a larger or less 
sum than is charged therefor by the Post Office Department for like 
quantities; or sells or disposes of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, 
or postal cards at any point or place outside of the delivery of the 
office where such postmaster or other person is employed; or fOr the 
purpose of increasing the emoluments, or compensation of the post-
master or any employee of a post office or station or branch thereof. 
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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. 
August 1.1955 
[H. R. 6247] 
Be it enacted hy 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. 
Bankruptcy Act, 
amendments. 
52 Stat. 875. 
11 u s e 106. 
62 Stat. 960. 
Repeal. 
Public Law 869 
CHAPTER 820 
AN ACT 
To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands under certain 
circumstances without public auction. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 7887] 
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 add-
ing 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 land-
owner 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 de-
termined 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. 
Hawaii. 
Sale of lands. 
31 Stat. 141. 
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"Remnant." 
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