An Act to authorize the establishment of postal stations and branch post offices at camps, posts, or stations of the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), and at defense or other strategic installations, and for other purposes
PL 82-277 (S.2078), enacted 03/10/1952

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Public Law 277 
CHAPTER 98 
AN ACT 
To authorize the establishment of postal stations and branch post offices at 
camps, posts, or stations of the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), 
and at defense or other strategic installations, and for other purposes. 
March 10, 1952 
[S. 2078] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houiie of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, Tliat, whenever 
the Postmaster General deems it necessar}^ in serving camps, posts, 
or stations of the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), and 
defense or other strategic installations he may establish postal stations 
or branch post offices at such camps, posts, stations, or installations 
notwithstanding the limitations imposed by the third proviso in the 
Act of June 9, 1896 (39 U. S. C. 160). 
t h e authority granted by 
this section shall terminate five years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or any prior date which the Congress by concurrent resolu-
tion may designate. 
SEC. 2. Section (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for 
clerical assistance at post offices, branches, or stations serving military 
and naval personnel, and for other purpo^ses", approved June 15, 
1950 (Public Law 552, ch. 252, Eighty-first Congress, second session), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Whenever the Postmaster (leneral deems it necessary in serv-
ing the camps, posts, or stations of the Armed Forces (including the 
Coast Guard), and defense or other strategic installations, he is 
authorized to (1) detail postal employees from main post offices to 
postal units at such camps, posts, or stations of the Armed Forces 
(including the Coast Guard), and defense or other strategic installa-
tions, without changing the official station of any such postal employee, 
and (2), without regard to the Travel Expense Act of 1949, pay each 
such postal employee an allowance, in lieu of actual expenses, of not 
more than $4 for each day while so detailed." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall apply to Guam and the other Territories 
and possessions of the United States. 
Approved March 10, 1952. 
P o s t a l 
s t a -
tions at defense in-
stallations, etc. 
29 Stat. 313. 
Termination of 
authority. 
64 Stat. 216. 
39 u s e 133a. 
Detail of p o s tal 
employees. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
Applicability. 
Public Law 278 
CHAPTER 101 
AN ACT 
To correct a typographical error in Public Law 204, Eight.v-second Ongress, 
relating to assistant superintendents in the Motor Vehicle Service of the 
Post Office Department. 
March 12, 1952 
[S. 2458] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 18 (a) 
of the Act of July 6, 1945 (Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Congress, 
as amended by section 8 of Public Law 204, Eighty-second Congress), 
is hereby further amended by changing the heading "x\ssistant super-
intendent" in the table therein to read "Assistant superintendents''. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective as of July 1,1951. 
Approved March 12, 1952. 
59 Stat. 445. 
65 Stat. 629. 
39 u s e 863. 
Effective date.