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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 707, 708-JUNE 25, 1938 postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes", approved February 28, 1925, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: Rural letter car- "The Postmaster General may, in his discretion, allow and pay such pensation. co additional compensation as he may determine to be fair and reason- able in each individual case to rural letter carriers serving heavily Proo8. patronized routes not exceeding thirty-eight miles in length: Pro- Limitation. vided, That in no case shall the total compensation of a rural letter carrier serving a heavily patronized route of thirty-eight miles or less in length exceed $2,100 per annum, exclusive of maintenance Report to congress. allowance: Provided, further, That the Postmaster General shall report to the Committees on Post Offices and Post Roads of the two Houses the number and names of the routes, on which these increases shall be made, by January 1, 1940, after which date no further increases shall be made." Effective date. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which this Act is enacted. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 708] AN ACT June 25, 1938 [H. R. 54711 To amend the laws relating to the distribution of public documents to depository [Public, No. 750] libraries. Printing Act of 1895, amendment. 34 Stat. 1014 . 44U.S.C.185. Distribution of copies of publications, etc. Provios. Limitation. Journals of Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, publica- tions, etc. Allotment of copies. Land-grant colleges. Inconsistent provi- sions repealed. 28 Stat. 608,609. 44 U. . . i. 131, 147, 189. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act (34 Stat. 1014) approved March 1, 1907 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 85), be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "85. DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF PUBLICATIONS TO DESIGNATED DEPOSI- TORIES AND LIBRARIES; LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AS DEPOSITORIES.-Upon request of the Superintendent of Documents, the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to either increase or diminish the num- ber of copies of publications furnished for distribution, to designated depositories and State and Territorial libraries so that the number of copies delivered shall be equal to the number of libraries on the list: Provided, That the number thus delivered shall at no time exceed the number authorized under existing statute: Provided furthecr, That the Public Printer shall furnish the necessary number of copies as above provided, of the Journals of the Senate and House of Represent- atives, of all publications not confidential in character, printed upon the requisition of any Congressional committee, of all Senate and House public bills and resolutions, and of all reports on private bills, concurrent or simple resolutions. The allotment of copies furnished for distribution to libraries shall be increased or reduced, from time to time, as the redistricting of States or the rearrangement of depository lists under provisions of law shall demand, to such numbers as may be necessary to comply with the law. All land-grant colleges shall be constituted as depositories for public documents, subject to the provi- sions and limitations of the depository laws. "Any provision contained in sections 54, 55, or 57 of the Printing Act of 1895 (28 Stat. 608, 609; U. S . C ., title 44, sees. 131,147, and 189, or any other Act), which may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency only." Approved, June 25, 1938. 1206 [52 STAT.

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