An Act to amend title 18 of the United States Code, relating to the mailing and transportation of obscene matter.
PL 84-95 (S.600), enacted 06/28/1955

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", except that the compensation for not to exceed fifteen such offices 
at any one time may be fixed without regard to the numerical limita-
tions on positions set forth in section 505 of the Classification Act of 
1949(5U.S.C.1105)";and 
(21) That part of section 1 (d) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 
8 of 1953, effective August 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 642; 5 U. S. C , sec. 
133z-15 note), which reads as follows: ", except that the compensation 
may be fixed without regard to the numerical limitations on positions 
set forth in section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended 
(5U. S. C. 1105)". 
SEC. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section, this Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first pay 
period which began after February 28,1955. 
(b) This section and sections 8, 10, 11, and 12 shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Subsections (e) and (f) of section 4 shall take effect on the 
first day of the second pay period which begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(d) For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for 
Avhich an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group 
Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in rates of compensation or 
salary which result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and 
considered to be effective as of the first day of the first pay period 
which begins on or after the date of such enactment. 
Approved June 28, 1955. 
U.S. I. A. 
Effective dates* 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2091 note. 
Public Law 95 
AN ACT 
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transportation of obscene matter. 
CHAPTER 190 
June 28. 1955 
To amend title 18 of the United States Code, relating to the mailing and 
CS. 600] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bapresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, Tliat the first para-
graph of section 1461 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"Every obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy or vile article, 
matter, thing, device, or substance; and—". 
SEC. 2. The fifth paragraph of section 1461 of title 18, United States 
Code, reading "Every letter, packet, or package, or other mail matter 
containing any filthy, vile or indecent thing, device, or substance; and'', 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Chapter 71 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended 
by inserting, immediately following section 1464 of such chapter, a new 
section, to be designated as section 1465, and to read as follows: 
"§ 1465, Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution. 
"Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or foreign commerce 
for the purpose of sale or distribution any obscene, lewd, lascivious, 
or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, film, paper, letter, writing, print, 
silhouette, drawing, figure, image, cast, phonograph recording, elec-
trical transcription or other article capable of producing sound or any 
other matter of indecent or immoral character, shall be fined not more 
than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. 
"The transportation as aforesaid of tw^o or more copies of any pub-
lication or two or more of any article of the character described above, 
or a combined total of five such publications and articles, shall create a 
presumption that such publications or articles are intended for sale or 
distribution, but such presumption shall be rebuttable. 
Obscene matter* 
M a i l i n g a n d 
transportation. 
62 Stat. 768. 
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"When any person is convicted of a violation of tliis Act, the court in 
its judgment of conviction may, in addition to the penalty prescribed, 
order the confiscation and disposal of such items described herein which 
were found in the possession or under the immediate control of such 
person at the time of his arrest." 
SEC. 4. The analysis of chapter 71 of title 18 of the United States 
Code is amended by inserting, immediately after and underneath item 
1464, as contained in such analysis, the following new item: 
"1465. Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution." 
Approved June 28, 1955. 
Public Law 96 
CHAPTER 191 
June 28. 1955 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[s. J. Rea» 60] 
Directing a study and report by the Secretary of Agriculture on burley tobacco 
marketing controls. 
Burley tobacco< 
Report t o Con-
g r e s s on market-
ing, etc* 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of 
developing basic information which will aid the Congress in formulat-
ing an improved program for the production and marketing of burley 
tobacco, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed (a) to 
make a study of the various methods of marketing control which have 
been or could be made applicable to burley tobacco, including farm 
marketing quotas, poundage limitations, acreage limitations, and a 
combination of both poundage and acreage limitations, and (b) to 
submit to the Congress on or before November 1,1955, a detailed report 
thereon showing among other things the probable costs, effects, and 
feasibility of each type of operation studied and what legislation, 
if any, would be needed to put it into effect. The Secretary may con-
duct such hearings and receive such statements and briefs as are neces-
sary to carry out the purpose of this joint resolution. 
Approved June 28, 1955. 
June 28, 1955 
[H. R. 208] 
Public Law 97 
CHAPTER 192 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, to 
negotiate and enter into a compact relating to their interests in, and the 
apportionment of, the waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries as 
they affect such States. 
A r k a n s a s and 
Oklahoma< 
Water apportion-
ment compacta 
U. S
< representa-
tive. 
Report, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of 
Congress is hereby given to the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma to 
negotiate and enter into a compact relating to the interests of such 
States in the development and protection from pollution of the water 
resources of the Arkansas River and its tributaries, and providing for 
an equitable apportionment among them of the waters of the Arkansas 
River and its tributaries flowing between such States, and for matters 
incident thereto, upon the condition that one qualified person appointed 
by the President of the United States shall participate in such nego-
tiations as chairman, representing the United States, and shall make 
a report to the President of the United States and the Congress of the 
proceedings and of any compact entered into. 
Such compact shall not 
be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto until it shall 
have been ratified by the legislatures of each of the respective States, 
and approved by the Congress of the United States.