An Act to permit the transmission in the mails of live scorpions.
PL 84-108 (S.35), enacted 06/29/1955

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officially designated as the Custis-Lee Mansion, so as to give appropri-
ate recognition to the illustrious Virginia family in which General Lee 
found his wife, and that the Custis-Lee Mansion is hereby dedicated as 
a permanent memorial to Robert E. Lee, and the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized and directed to erect on the aforesaid premises 
a suitable memorial plaque, and to correct governmental records to 
bring them into compliance with the designation authorized by this 
joint resolution. 
Approved June 29, 1955. 
Public Law 108 
CHAPTER 224 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transmission in the mails of live scorpions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep7'esentatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress dsseinbled^ That section 1716 
of title 18 of the United States (^ode is amended by inserting 
immediately after the second paragraph thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
"The Postmaster General is authorized and directed to permit the 
transmission in the mails, under regulations to be prescribed by him, 
of live scorpions which are to be used for purposes of medical research 
or for the manufacture of antivenin. 
Such regulations shall include 
such provisions with respect to the packaging of such live scorpions 
for transmission in the mails as the Postmaster General deems neces-
sary or advisable for the protection of Post Office Department per-
sonnel and of the public generally and for ease of handling by such 
[)ersonnel and by any individual connected with such research or 
manufacture. 
Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to authorize the transmission in the mails of live scorpions by 
means of aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers for compensa-
tion or hire." 
Approved June 29, 1955. 
June 29, 1955 
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62 Stat. 781. 
Public Law 109 
CHAPTER 225 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
june 29, 1955 
Authorizing the erection of a memorial gift from the Government of Venezuela, 
[H. J. Res. 232] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United, 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Government of the 
United States, a statue of the liberator, Simon Bolivar, to be erected 
.on public grounds under the administration of the Secretary of the 
Interior, as a gift to the Goverimient of the United States from the 
Government of Venezuela as a token of friendship. 
SEC. 2. The design and site of such statue shall be approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior, the National Capital Planning Commission, 
and the Commission of Fine Arts, and the United States shall be put 
to no expense in or by the erection of this statue. 
SEC. ?>. (a) The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall lapse unless the erection of such statue is commenced within five 
years after the date of the passage of this joint resolution. 
(b) All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby 
repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies. 
Approved June 29, 1955. 
Simon B o l i v a r 
statue. 
Acceptance.