An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, entitled ""Crimes and Criminal Procedure,"" to empower the courts to remit or mitigate forfeitures under the Indian liquor laws.
PL 82-197 (H.R.1087), enacted 10/24/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 198—OCT, 24, 1951 
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vator of the estate of any person hereunder, if it deems such action 
necessary for the protection of such estate, subject to the provisions 
for an undertaking contained in section 3 hereof. Such temporary 
conservator shall serve only until such time as a permanent conser-
vator can be appointed or until sooner discharged. 
SEC. 6. The court, in its discretion, may at any time order that the 
conservator or some other person shall be responsible for the personal 
welfare of the person whose property is under conservatorship. 
In 
such event the conservator or such other person, subject to the direction 
and control of the Civil Division of the court, shall have the same 
powers and duties with respect to the personal welfare of the said per-
son as have the guardians of the persons of infants under guardian-
ships. 
SEO. 7. Lis pendens: Upon the filing of a petition hereunder, a 
certified copy of such petition may be filed for record in the office of the 
Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. If a conservator be 
appointed on such petition, all contracts, except for necessaries, and 
all transfers of real and personal property made by the ward after such 
filing and before the termination of the conservatorship shall be void. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Responsibility for 
personal welfare. 
Certified copy of 
petition. 
Public Law 197 
CHAPTER 546 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Pro-
cedure," to empower the courts to remit or mitigate forfeitures under the 
Indian liquor laws. 
October 24, 1951 
[H. R. 1087] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the analysis of 
chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at 
the end thereof "3619. Disposition of conveyances seized for violation 
of the Indian liquor laws." 
SEO. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is further amended by inserting 
immediately following section 3618 thereof a new section to be desig-
nated "section 3619'- and to read as follows: 
"§ 3619. Disposition of conveyances seized for violation of the Indian 
liquor laws 
"The provisions of section 3617 of this title shall apply to any con-
veyances seized, proceeded against by libel, or forfeited under the 
provisions of section 3113 or 3618 of this title for having been used 
in introducing or attempting to introduce intoxicants into the Indian 
country or into other places where such introduction is prohibited by 
treaty or enactment of Congress." 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Title 18, U. S. Code, 
amendment. 
62 Stat. 839. 
Public Law 198 
CHAPTER 551 
AN ACT 
To provide for the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of buildings 
and appurtenances essential for forest fire control operations of the Forest 
Service, United States Department of Agriculture, at or near Missoula, Montana, 
and for other purposes. 
October 24, 1951 
[H. R. 1628] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Forest fire control 
headquarters. 
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A p p r o p r i a t i o n 
authorized. 
of Agriculture is hereby authorized, when suitable arrangements have 
been made for the use of airport facilities, to acquire by donation, 
purchase, and/or condemnation such tract or tracts of land, at or near 
Missoula, Montana, as in his judgment may be suitable for the con-
struction thereon of fire control smoke jumper headquarters, air cargo 
supply base, and other facilities, and said land upon acceptance of title 
to be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to lands acquired 
under the Act of March 1,1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 515, 516). 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, by con-
tract or otherwise, to cause to be planned, designed, and constructed on 
said land, such buildings as in his judgment may be suitable as fire 
control smoke jumper headquarters, air cargo supply base, and-other 
facilities, and including the purchase and installation of necessary 
equipment, the making of sewer, water, gas, electrical and other con-
nections, and the construction of such roadways, sidewalks, landscap-
ing, and approaches as may be required. 
SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $970,000: Provided^ 
That the Secretary may, prior to July 1,1953, enter into contracts for 
the acquisition of the land and for the construction of the buildings 
and other installations herein authorized, to an amount not in excess 
of $600,000. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
October 24, 1951 
[S. 1335] 
Public Law 199 
CHAPTER 552 
AN ACT 
To readjust size and weight limitations on fourth-class (parcel post) mail. 
Postal service. 
Fourth-class mail. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That on fourth-class 
matter the limit of size shall be seventy-two inches in girth and length 
combined and the limit of weight shall be over eight ounces and not 
exceeding forty pounds in the first and second zones and twenty pounds 
in the third to eighth zones; except that in the case of parcels (1) 
mailed at any post office or on any rural or star route for delivery at 
any second-, third-, or fourth-class post office or for delivery by any 
rural or star route carrier, or (2) mailed at any second-, third-, or 
fourth-class post office or on any rural or star route, or (3) containing 
baby fowl, live plants, trees, shrubs, or agricultural commodities (not 
including manufactured products thereof), or (4) of books, per-
manently bound for preservation, consisting wholly of reading matter 
or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for students' notations 
and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announce-
ments of books, or (5) mailed in the United States, including the 
District of Columbia, for delivery by any Army or Fleet post office 
or in any Territory or possession of the United States, including the 
Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or mailed at 
any Army or Fleet post office or in any Territory or possession of the 
United States, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, for delivery in the United States, including the District 
of Columbia, or any Army or Fleet post office or any Territory or 
possession thereof, including the Canal Zone and Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands, the limit of size shall be one hundred inches in 
girth and length combined and the limit in weight shall be over eight 
ounces and not exceeding seventy pounds.