An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to use of the mails to obtain money or property under the false representations, and for other purposes
PL 90-590 (H.R.1411), enacted 10/17/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-591-OCT. 17, 1968 
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Public Law 90-590 
A N A C T 
October 17, 1968 
To amend title lid, United States Code, with respect to use of the mails to obtain 
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mioney or property under false representations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Seruite <ind Houae of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled. That section 4005 
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of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 4005. False representations; lotteries 
"(a) LTpon evidence satisfactory to the Postmaster General that any 
person is engaged in conducting a scheme or device for obtaining 
money or property through the mail by means of false representa-
tions, or is engaged in conducting a lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme 
for the distribution of money or of real or personal property, by 
lottery, chance, or drawing of any kind, the Postmaster General may 
issue an order which— 
"(1) directs any postmaster at an office at which registered or 
cei-tified letters or other letters or mail arrive, addressed to such 
a person or to his representative, to return such letters or mail to 
the sender appropriately marked as in violation of this section, 
if such person, or his representative, is first notified and given 
reasonable opportunity to be present at the receiving post office 
to survey such letters or mail before the postmaster returns such 
letters or mail to the sender; and 
"(2) forbids the payment by a postmaster to such a person 
or his representative of any money order or postal note drawn 
to the order of either and provide for the return to the remitters 
of the sum named in the money order or postal note, 
"(b) The public advertisement by a person engaged in activities 
covered by subsection (a) of this section, that remittances may be 
made by mail to a person named in the advertisement, is prima facie 
evidence that the latter is the agent or representative of the advertiser 
for the receipt of remittances on behalf of the advertiser. The Post-
master General is not precluded from ascertaining the existence of the 
agency in any other legal way satisfactory to him, 
"(c) As used in this section and section 4006 of this title the term 
'representative' includes an agent or representative acting as an . "R^P'^esenta-
individual or as a firm, bank, corporation, or association of any kind.". 
SEC. 2. The table of contents of chapter 51 of title 39, United States 
(^ode, is amended by striking out— 
"4005. Fraudulent and lottery mail matter." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"400r». False representations; lotteries.". 
Approved October 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-591 
A N A C T 
October 17, 1968 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands in Shasta 
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County, California, and for other purposes. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United. States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretary 
shasta county, 
of the Interior is authorized to convey to the Summit City Public land convey-
Utility District, Shasta County, California, approximately 7.24 acres, ^
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more or less, and to accept from the district in exchange therefor 5,91 
tive. 
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iicres, more or less, of land located in section 26, township 33 north, 
range 5 west, Mount Diablo meridian, Shasta County, California, and 
further identified in the records of the Bureau of Reclamation, De-
partment of the Interior, as parcels A and B, respectively. The prop-
erties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal in fair market 
value or if they are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the 
payment of cash to the district or to the Secretary as required: Pro-
elded^ That the Secretary shall order appraisals made of the fair 
market value of both parcels of land without consideration for any 
improvements thereon, with said appraisals to constitute final deter-
minations of value: Provided further^ That any casih pajrment received 
by the Secretary shall be credited to the funds available for construc-
tion or operation and maintenance of the Central Valley project and 
any disbursements made by him shall l>e made from said funds. 
Approved October 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-592 
October 17, 1968 
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A C T 
[H. R. 13099] 
rp^j authorize the establishment of the Carl Sandbiu-g Home National Historic Site 
in the State of North (.'arolina, and for other jmrposes. 
Carl Sandburg 
Home National 
Historic Site, 
N.C. 
Establishment. 
Administration. 
Appropriation. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and, IIouHe of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Anierlea In Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by donation or purchase wnth 
donated or appropriated funds, all or any part of the property and 
improvements thereon at Flat Rock, North Carolina, where Carl Sand-
burg lived and worked during the last twenty years of his life, com-
prising approximately two hiuidred and forty-two acres, together with 
approximately six acres of adjacent or related property which the 
Secretary may deem necessary for establishment of the Carl Sandburg 
Home National Historic Site. 
SEC. '1. The national historic site established pursuant to this Act 
shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance 
with the provisions of the Act of ,August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as 
amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of 
August 21,1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467). 
SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated the sums of 
$225,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and $952,000 
for development exj^enses incurred pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act. 
Approved October 17, 1968. 
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Public Law 90-593 
JOINT RFSOLUTION 
Authoriz/ing the erection of a statue of Benito Pablo Juarez on public grounds in 
the District of Columbia. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of the 
Interior is hereby authorized and directed to select an appropriate 
site for the location of a statue, including pedestal therefor, of Benito 
Pablo Juarez, a gift of the Government of the United States of 
Mexico, on grounds now owned by the United States of America in 
the District of Columbia, and the erecti<jn thereof is hereby authorized, 
such authority to terminate five years from the effective date of this 
joint resolution unless erection of the statue is begun within that