An Act to amend certain acts and parts of acts which require the submission of documents to the Post Office Department under oath, and for other purposes
PL 82-422 (H.R.7030), enacted 06/28/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 422-JUNE 28, 1952 
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Public Law 422 
CHAPTER 485 
June 28, 1952 
[H.R. 7030] 
Postal service. 
Bond of bidder. 
AN ACT 
62 Stat. 749. 
Reports on move-
ments of mails. 
Railway service. 
39 Stat. 428. 
To amend certain Acts and parts of Acts which require the submission of 
documents to tlie Post Office Department under oath, and for otlier purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ilouf^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as shown below: 
(1) The last sentence of section 3945 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (sec. 426, title 39, U. S. C ) , is hereby further amended by 
striking out "the oath of the bidder, taken before an officer qualified 
to administer oaths", and by inserting in lieu thereof "the signed 
statement of the bidder". 
(2) Section 3946 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 427, 
title 39, U. S. C ) , is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3946. Before the bond of a bidder is approved, there shall be 
indorsed thereon the signed statements of the sureties therein that 
they are owners of real estate worth in the aggregate a sum double 
the amount of said bond, over and above all debts due and ow^ng by 
them, and all judgments, mortgages, and executions against them, 
after allowing all exemptions of every character whatever. 
Accom-
panying said bond and as a part thereof, there shall be a series of 
interrogatories, in print or writing, to be prescribed by the Postmaster 
General, and answered by the sureties showing the amount of real 
estate owned by them, a brief description thereof, and its probable 
value, where it is situated, and in what county and State the record 
evidence of their title exists. If any surety shall knowingly and w^ill-
fully submit a false statement under the provisions of this section he 
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished as is provided by section 
1001 of title 18, United States Code." 
(3) Section 3948 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 428, 
title 39, U. S. C ) , is hereby further amended by striking out the 
sentence reading: "The reports of the arrivals and departures of the 
mails on mail routes made and sent by postmasters to the Second 
Assistant Postmaster General, on w^hich no fines or deductions from 
the pay of contractors for carrying the mails have been based, and 
the certificates of oaths taken by carriers on mail routes may be dis-
posed of as provided by law when no longer needed in conducting 
current business." and by inserting, in lieu thereof, a sentence to read 
as follows: "The reports of the arrivals and departures of the mails 
on mail routes made and sent by postmasters to the Post Office Depart-
ment, on which no fines or deductions from the pay of contractors for 
carrying the mails have been based, and the certificates taken by car-
riers on mail routes may be disposed of as provided by law when no 
longer needed in conducting current business." 
(4) Strike out the paragraph reading: "Railroad companies carry-
ing the mails shall submit, under oath, when and in such form as may 
be required by the Postmaster General, evidence as to the performance 
of service" in section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropria-
tions for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other 
purposes", approved July 28, 1916 (sec. 556, title 39, U. S. C ) , and 
insert in lieu thereof, the following: "Railroad companies carrying 
the mails shall submit, under the signature of a duly authorized official, 
when and in such form as may be required by the Postmaster General, 
evidence as to the performance of service." 
(5) Subsection (j) of section 405, title IV of the Act entitled "An 
Act to create a Civil Aeronautics Authority, and to promote the devel-
opment and safety and to provide for the regulation of civil aero-
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iiautics", approved June 23, 1938, as amended (sec. 485, title 49, 
U. S. C.), is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
" (j) Air carriers transporting or handling United States mail shall 
submit, under signature of a duly authorized official, when and in such 
form as may be required by the Postmaster General, evidence of the 
performance of mail service; and air carriers transporting or handling 
mails of foreign countries shall submit, under signature of a duly 
authorized official, when and in such form as may be required by the 
Postmaster General, evidence of the amount of such mails transported 
or handled, and the compensation payable and received therefor." 
Approved June 28, 1962. 
52 Stat. 994. 
Air carriers. 
Public Law 423 
CHAPTER 486 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in 
Asylum of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other 
purjwses. 
June 28, 1952 
[H.R. 7253] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, subject to the 
provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of General 
Services and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
directed to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Columbia 
Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, District of 
Columbia, a corporation created by the Act of June 1, 1866 (14 Stat. 
55), all right, title, and interest of the United States and of the District 
of Columbia in and to those pieces or parcels of land in the District 
of Columbia, described as follows, together with all improvements 
thereon and appurtenances thereto: 
(a) All that piece or parcel of land situate and lying in the city 
of Washington in the District of Columbia and known as part of 
square numbered 25, as laid down and distinguished on the plat or 
plan of said city, as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of 
said square and running thence north with Twenty-fourth Street 
two hundred and thirty-one feet and seven inches; thence west two 
hundred and thirty feet and six inches; thence north to M Street two 
hundred and thirty-one feet and ten inches; thence west with M Street 
two hundred and fifteen feet and six inches to Twenty-fifth Street; 
thence south with Twenty-fifth Street two hundred and sixty-three 
feet and five inches; thence east two hundred feet; thence south to L 
Street two hundred feet; thence east with L Street two hundred and 
forty-six feet to the beginning; and being the property conveyed to 
the United States of America by deed dated October 17, 1876, from 
the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, recorded 
in liber 836, folio 159, of the land records of the District of Columbia. 
(b) All that piece or parcel of land situate and lying in the city of 
Washington in the District of Columbia on the northeast corner of L 
and Twenty-fifth Streets Northwest, being a part of original square 
numbered 25, as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of said 
square and running thence east with the line of said L Street two 
hundred feet for a corner; thence north two hundred feet for a corner; 
thence west two hundred feet for a corner; and thence south two 
hundred feet to the place of beginning; containing forty thousand 
square feet of ground, more or less, and being the property conveyed 
to the United States of America by deed dated July 6, 1872, from the 
Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum and Edward 
Maynard, recorded in liber 811, folio 481 of the land records of the 
District of Columbia. 
C olumbia H o s -
p i t a l f o r Women 
and Lying-in Asy-
lum, D . C . 
Conveyance.