An Act to amend or repeal certain laws relating to Government records, and for other purposes
PL 82-209 (S.1967), enacted 10/25/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 209—OCT. 25, 1951 
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Public Law 209 
CHAPTER 562 
October 25,1961 
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To amend or repeal certain laws relating to Government records, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate arid House of Representatives 
of the 
Govemmentrecords. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Repeals. 
Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: 
(1) The sixth paragraph on page 642 of volume 31 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of June 6, 1900 (2 U. S. C. 147). 
(2) Section 4 of the Act of July 19, 1919 (41 Stat. 233; 5 U. S. C. 
111). 
(3) The second full paragraph on page 412 of volume 21 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 3, 1881 (5 U. S. C. 112). 
(4) The second sentence of the first full paragraph on page 228 
of volume 22 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of August 5, 1882 
(5U. S.C. 112). 
(5) The Act of February 16,1889 (25 Stat. 672- 5 U. S. C. 112). 
(6) The fourth full paragraph on page 933 of volume 28 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 2,1895 (5 U. S. C. 112). 
(7) The Act of July 27,1892, chapter 267 (27 Stat. 275;-5 U. S. C. 
193). 
(8) The last paragraph commencing on page 403 and ending on 
page 404 of volume 28 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of August 18, 
1894 (5 U. S.C. 193). 
(9) The Act of March 2,1913 (37 Stat. 723; 5 U. S. C. 193). 
(10) The Act of April 28, 1904, numbered 35 (33 Stat. 591; 6 
U. S.C. 194). 
(11) The last sentence in the paragraph commencing on pa^e 970 
and ending on page 971 of volume 25 of the Statutes at Large, m the 
Act of March 2, 1889 (5 U. S. C. 194a). 
(12) The last sentence in the sixth full paragraph on page 403 of 
volume 33 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of April 27, 1904 (6 
U. S.C. 414). 
(13) The second paragraph on page 579 of volume 34 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of June 29, 1906 (5 U. S. C. 414). 
(14) The fifth full paragraph on page 1281 of volume 34 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 4, 1907 (5 U. S. C. 544). 
(15) The third paragraph on page 204 of volume 31 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of May 25,1900 (15 U. S. C. 321). 
(16) The Act of August 13, 1946, chapter 961 (60 Stat. 1057; 30 
U. S.C. 12). 
(17) Section 1 of the Act of June 22, 1926, chapter 650 (44 Stat, 
761;31U. S. C. 121). 
(is) The last paragraph commencing on page 329 and ending on 
page 330 of volume 37 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of August 
22,1912 (34U. S. C. 547). 
(19) The proviso in the last paragraph commencing on page 929 
and ending on page 930 of volume 38 of the Statutes at Large, in the 
Act of March 3,1915 (34 U. S. C. 548). 
(20) Section 8 of the Act of August 4,1854 (10 Stat. 572; 35 U. S. C. 
17). 
(21) The Act of February 13, 1925, chapter 230 (43 Stat. 942; 
35U.S.C. 18). 
(22) Section 6 of the Act of April 11,1930 (46 Stat. 156; 35 U. S. C. 
23). 
(23) The matter appearing before the proviso in the last paragraph 
commencing on page 415 and ending on page 416 of volume 35 of 
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the Statutes at Large, in the Act of May 27, 1908 (39 U. S. C. 739). 
(24) Section 58 of the Act of June 8, 1872 (R. S. 4060; 17 Stat. 
292;39U. S. C.792). 
(25) The Act of May 28,1926, chapter 415 (44 Stat. 672; 43 U. S. C. 
25, 25a, 25b). 
(26) The first proviso in the second paragraph on page 112 of volume 
55 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of April 5,1941; 
(27) The proviso in the fifth full paragraph on page 411 of volume 
56 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of June 27, 1942 (44 U. S- C. 
364). 
(28) The first full paragraph on page 1000 of volume 56 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of October 26, 1942 (44 U. S. C. 365). 
SEC. 2. The following Acts and parts of Acts are amended by addi-
tion of the words "until no longer needed in conducting current busi-
ness", as shown below: 
(1) After "advocate"' in line 8 of section 217 of the Act of June 25, 
1948, on page 632 of volume 62 of the Statutes at Large (10 U. S. C. 
1507). 
(2) After "remain" in line 4 of section 42c as set forth in the Act 
of June 22, 1938, on page 860 of volume 52 of the Statutes at Large 
( I I U . S. C.70c). 
(3) After "offices" in line 3 of sectiou 71 as set forth in the Act of 
June 22, 1938, on page 882 of volume 52 of the Statutes at Large 
( I I U . S . C . 111)._ 
(4) After "institution" in line 4 of section 7 of the Act of August 
10,1846, on page 105 of volume 9 of the Statutes at Large (20 U. S. C. 
46). 
SEC. 3. The following Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as 
shown below: 
(1) By amending the third paragraph appearing on page 208 of 
volume 28 of the Statutes at Large in section 8 of the Act of July 31, 
1894, as amended (31 U. S. C. 74), to read as follows: 
"The General Accounting Office shall preserve all accounts which 
have been finally adjusted, together with all vouchers, certificates, and 
related papers, until disposed of as provided by law." 
(2) Section 248 of the Act of June &
, 1872 (17 Stat. 313), as 
amended by section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1898 (30 Stat. 444; 39 
U. S. C. 428), is revised to read as follows : 
"The Postmaster General shall have recorded, in a book to be kept 
for that purpose, a true and faithful abstract of all proposals made to 
him for carrying the mail, giving the name of the party offering, the 
terms of the offer, the sum to be paid, and the time the contract is to 
continue; and he shall put on file and preserve the originals of all such 
proposals until disposed of as provided by law. The reports of the 
arrivals and departures of the mails on mail routes made and sent by 
postmasters to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, on which no 
fines or deductions from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails 
have been based, and the certificates of oaths taken by carriers on mail 
routes may be disposed of as provided by law when no longer needed 
in conducting current business." 
(3) By inserting "until disponed of as provided by law" after 
"office" in line 11 of section 1 of the Act of May 18,1858, chapter 39, 
as amended, on page 289 of volume 11 of the Statutes at Large (43 
U.S.C.59). 
(4) By deleting "permanently" from the final sentence of section 
605 (a) of the Act of June 29, 1936, as amended, on page 1998 of 
volume 49 of the Statutes at Large (46 U. S. C. 1155), and by adding 
"until disposed of as provided by law" between "file" and the period 
at the end of said sentence. 
Amendments. 
11 U. S. C. § 70 (c). 
GAG. 
Preservation of cer-
tain accounts, etc. 
Postal service. 
Proposals to carry 
mail. 
Reports on move-
ments of mails. 
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Title to records of 
certain Indian tribes. 
Certified copies. 
41U.S.C.§288. 
Return of records. 
SEC. 4. The following Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as shown 
below: 
(1) By changing to a colon the period at the end of the twelfth para-
graph on page 858 of volunie 35 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act 
of March 4,1909, and inserting thereafter '"''Provided, That no records 
of the Federal Government shall be transferred, disposed of, or 
destroyed under the authority granted in this paragraph." (2 U. S. C. 
149.) 
(2) By changing to a colon the period at the end of section 9 of the 
Act of April 25, 1914, on page 350 of volume 38 of the Statutes at 
Large, and inserting thereafter '•'•Provided, That nothing in this section 
shall preclude the disposition of such records as provided by law when 
they are no longer needed in conducting the current business of the 
Department." 
(5 U. S. C. 196.) 
(3) By changing the period at the end of the first full paragraph on 
page 788 of volume 28 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 2, 
1895 (5 U. S. C. 197), to a colon and inserting thereafter '•'•Provided, 
That the disposition of any records required in furnishing such tran-
scripts shall, after they are otherwise not needed in conducting current 
business, be made as provided by law." 
(4) By deleting all after "kept" in line 7 of section 482 (e) of the 
Act of June 17,1930, on page 721 of volume 46 of the Statutes at Large 
(19 U. S. C. 1482 (^e)) and by substituting therefor "until no longer 
needed in conducting the current business of the consular office, at 
which time it may be disposed of as provided by law." 
{$) By deleting all after the enacting clause of the Act of March 
27,1934, chapter 93 (48 Stat. 501; 25 U. S. C. 199a) and by substituting 
therefor "That title to records of Indian tribes heretofore placed with 
the Oklahoma Historical Society of the State of Oklahoma by the 
Secretary of the Interior shall remain vested in the United States 
and such records shall be held by the said society under rules and 
regulations prescribed by the Administrator of General Services: 
Provided, That copies of any such records, documents, books, or papers 
held by the said society when certified by the secretary or chief clerk 
thereof under its seal, or by the officer or person acting as secretary 
or chief clerk, shall be evidence equally with the original, and in mak-
ing such certified copies the said secretary or acting secretary and the 
said chief clerk or acting chief clerk shall be acting as a Federal agent, 
and such certified copies shall have the same force and effect as if 
made by the Administrator of General Services as provided in section 
509 (b) of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 583): Provided 
further, That whenever such certified copies are desired for official use 
by the Federal Government they shall be furnished, without cost: Pro-
vided further, That any such records held by the said society shall be 
promptly returned to the Government official designated by the Admin-
istrator of General Services upon his request therefor." 
(6) By deleting "it deems advisable" in the last line of section 1120 
on page 162 of volume 53 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of Feb-
ruary 10, 1939 (26 U. S. C. 1120), and substituting therefor "is pro-
vided by law". 
(7) By inserting "until deposited with the National Archives of 
the United States" after "kept" in the first sentence of section 6 of the 
Act of June 25,1948, on page 870 of volume 62 of the Statute at Large 
(28U.S.C.6). 
(8) By inserting a comma, followed by "subject to the provisions 
of the Act entitled 'An Act. to provide for the disposal of certain 
records of the United States Government', approved July 7,1943 (57 
Stat. 380), as amended," after "authorized" in line 3 of the Act of 
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May 11, 1906, on page 186 of volume 34 of the Statutes at Large (39 
U.S.C.8). 
(9) By inserting a comma, followed by "until disposed of as pro-
vided by law," after "and" in line 7 of section 71 of the Act of June 
8,1872, on page 293 of volume 17 of the Statutes at Large (39 U. S. C. 
41). 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
Public Law 210 
CHAPTER 563 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain land and other property transactions, and for other purposes. 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The authority granted to the Secretary of the Army by 
the Act of July 2,1917 (40 Stat. 241), as amended, the Act of May 17, 
1926 (44 Stat. 562), and section 7 of the Act of July 24,1946 (60 Stat. 
643), is hereby similarly granted to the Secretary of the Navy to be 
exercised with respect to the naval service of the United States. For 
the purpose of this section, the terms "military training camps", and 
"military purposes" as used in the afore-mentioned Act of July 2, 
1917, as amended, shall be deemed to include "naval training stations" 
and "naval purposes", respectively. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to accept 
on behalf of the United States, for use as a naval training center, a 
donation from the city of Gainesville, Florida, of a parcel of land 
situated near that city, county of Alachua, State of Florida, metes and 
bounds description of which is as follows: 
Begin at the southwest corner of block 1, range 19, Elliott and 
L'Engle's Addition, as per plat in deed book "J" at page 230 and 231, 
public records of Alachua County, Florida; thence run east a distance 
of two hundred and twenty-nine and five-tenths feet to a point; thence 
run north parallel to the west line of block 1, 2, and 3, range 19, a 
distance of seven hundred and eighty feet to a point; thence run west 
two hundred and ninety-nine and five-tenths feet to the southwest 
corner of block 4, range 19; thence south seven hundred and eighty 
feet to the point of beginning. All lying and being in section 33, 
township 9 south, range 20 east, Alachua County, Florida, and con-
taining four and thirty-nine one-hundredths acres. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey 
to the Commonwealth of Virginia for roadway purposes, under such 
terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, two parcels of land; 
the first being a strip varying in width from ten feet at the westerly 
end to fifty feet at the easterly end, is one thousand six hundred two 
and eighty-seven one-hundredths feet in length, contains eighty-one 
one-hundredths of an acre, more or less, and is located adjacent to the 
southerly boundary of the naval auxiliary air station, Cnincoteague, 
Virginia; the second is a strip fifty feet in width, nine thousand five 
hundred sixty-eight and one one-hundredth feet in length, contains ten 
and sixty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less, and traverses the 
southerly and easterly portion of said auxiliary air station. 
The 
metes and bounds descriptions of both parcels are on file in the Navy 
Department. 
dctober 25,1951 
[H. R. 1215] 
Navy Department. 
C e r t a i n property 
transactions. 
50 U. S. C. § 171. 
10 U. S. C. J§ 1351, 
1352. 
43U.S.C. §931b. 
Acceptance of land 
from Gainesville, Flti. 
Commonwealth of 
Virginia. 
Conveyance.