An Act to authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Department of the Force certain property in the State of Mississippi
PL 82-130 (S.1673), enacted 08/29/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 130—AUG. 29, 1951 
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STAT. 
Admissibility in pvi-
dence. 
business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, 
entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, trans-
action, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has 
caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by 
any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photo-
graphic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a 
durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be 
destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial 
or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. 
Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in 
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative pro-^ 
ceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement 
or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence 
if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection 
under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, 
enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original. 
This subsection shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any 
document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the 
rules of evidence." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of section 1732 of chapter 115 of title 28, United 
States Code, immediately preceding section 1731 of such title, is 
amended so as to read: 
"1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic 
copies." 
SEC, 3. The catchline of section 1732, chapter 115 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended so as to read: 
"1732. Kecord made in regular course of business; photographic 
copies." 
Approved August 28, 1951. 
August 29, 1951 
(S. 167.3] 
Public Law 130 
CHAPTER 3 5 5 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to 
the Department of the Air Force certain property in the State of Mississippi. 
Department of the. 
Air Force. 
Transfer of lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized and directed to transfer, 
without reimbursement, to the Department of the Air Force the 
following-described lands in Harrison County, Mississippi: 
(a) That certain tract of land comprising one hundred and forty-
seven acres, more or less, lying within sections 19 and 30, township 
7 south, range 9 west, at Keesler Field, Mississippi, now occupied by 
the Department of the Air Force under a permit from the Veterans' 
Administration; and 
(b) That certain tract of land lying northwesterly of and abutting 
the land described in (a) above, comprising fourteen and thirty-five 
one-hundredths acres, more or less, within sections 19 and 30, township 
7 south, range 9 west, said land being approximately described as 
follows: 
Beginning at the section corner common to sections 25, 30, 31, 
and 36, township 7 south, ranges 9 and 10 w^est. Saint Stephens 
base and meridian; thence north no degrees thirteen minutes west, 
one thousand two hundred eighty-five and ten one-hundredths feet 
to a point on the west line of section 30, township 7 south, range 
9 west; thence south eighty-seven degrees fourteen minutes east, 
two hundred twelve and tw^enty one-hundredths feet to a point 
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at the intersection of the south line of Pass Christian Road and 
the east line of Peters Lane; thence north one degree eighteen 
minutes west, one thousand three hundred seventy-four and 
twenty one-hundredths feet to a point on the east line of Peters 
Lane; thence continuing along the east line of Peters Lane north 
one degree three minutes west, one thousand six hundred sixteen 
and eighty one-hundredths feet to the true point of beginning; 
thence leaving the east line of Peters Lane north forty-five degrees 
eighteen minutes east, one thousand one hundred sixty-three and 
forty one-hundredths feet to a point on the south shore line of 
the Back Bay of Biloxi; thence following the south shore line 
of said bay in a northwesterly direction one thousand one hundred 
feet, more or less, to its intersection with the easterly line of 
Peters Lane extended; thence south one degree three minutes 
east, one thousand four hundred and sixty feet, more or less, 
along the east line of Peters Lane extended to the true point of 
beginning; 
both tracts being as shown in color on map designated as "Keesler 
Field, Mississippi, DRNG. 727", dated May 28, 1944, on file in the 
Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. 
Approved August 29, 1951. 
Public Law 131 
CHAPTER 356 
AN ACT 
To amend section 12 of the Missing Persons Act, as amended, relating to travel 
by dependents and transportation of household and personal effects. 
August 29, 1951 
[H. R. 1199] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 12 of 
the Missing Persons Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 12. The dependents and household and personal effects of any 
person in active service (without regard to pay grade) who is officially 
reported as dead, injured, missing for a period of thirty days or more, 
interned in a neutral country, or captured by the enemy, upon appli-
cation by such dependents, may be moved (including packing and 
unpacking of household effects), upon receipt by such dependents of 
such official report, to such location as may be determined in advance 
or subsequently approved by the head of the department concerned or 
by such persons as he may designate. The cost of such transportation, 
including packing and unpacking of household effects, shall be charged 
against appropriations currently available. In lieu of transportation 
authorized by this section for dependents, the head of the department 
concerned may authorize the payment in money of amounts equal to 
such commercial transportation costs for the whole or such part of 
travel for which transportation in kind is not furnished, when such 
travel shall have been completed. When the person is in an 'injured' 
status, the movement of dependents or household and personal effects 
provided for herein may be authorized only in cases where the antici-
pated period of hospitalization or treatment will be of prolonged 
duration. No transportation shall be authorized pursuant to this sec-
tion unless a reasonable relationship exists between the condition and 
circumstances of the dependents and the destination to which trans-
portation is requested. Beginning June 25,1950, and for the purposes 
of this section only, the terms 'household and personal effects' and 
'household effects' may include, in addition to other authorized weight 
allowances, not to exceed one privately owned motor vehicle, shipment 
Missing Persons 
Act, amendment. 
50) Stat. 146. 
50 U. S. C. a p p . 
§ 1012. 
Transportation of 
dependents and 
ef-
fects 
Payment in lieu of 
transportation. 
Restriction. 
Motor vehicle. 
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