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 378 May 16, 1938 [H. R. 7259] [Public, No. 622] Ketchikan, Alaska. Conveyance of land to, upon completion of Federal building. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 226, 227-MAY 16, 1938 [CHAPTER 226] [52 STAT. AN ACT To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, of a certain tract of land in the townsite of Ketchikan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the completion of the new Federal building now under construction at Ketchikan, Alaska, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey to the city of Ketchikan in the Territory of Alaska, for school purposes, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the tract described on the plat of survey of the townsite of Ketchikan as Courthouse Reserve in block 13. Approved, May 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 227] AN A'Tr May 16, 1938 [H. R. 9601] To amend the Acts for promoting the circulation of reading matter among the [Public, No. 523] blind. Postal Service. Reading matter for the blind. 33 Stat. 313; 37 Stat. 551; 43 Stat. 668; 48 Stat. 678. 39U.S.C. 331. Matter entitled to transmittal free of postage. Bibles. Federally owned re- producers for sound- reproduction records when shipped for re- pairs; postage rate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 313), the supplemental provision in the Act approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 551), the joint reso- lution approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 668), and the Act amending these Acts approved May 9, 1934 (48 Stat. 678, 39 U. S. C. 331), be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows: "Books, pamphlets, and other reading matter published either in raised characters, whether prepared by hand or printed or in the form of sound-reproduction records for the use of the blind, in pack- ages not exceeding the weight prescribed by the Postmaster General, and containing no advertising or other matter whatever, unsealed, and when sent by public institutions for the blind, or by any public libraries, as a loan to blind readers, or when returned by the latter to such institutions or public libraries; magazines, periodicals, and other regularly issued publications in such raised characters, whether prepared by hand or printed, or on sound-reproduction records (for the use of the blind), which contain no advertisements and for which no subscription fee is charged, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage and under such regulations as the Post- master General may prescribe. "Volumes of the Holy Scriptures, or any part thereof, published either in raised characters, whether prepared by hand or printed, or in the form of sound-reproduction records for the use of the blind, which do not contain advertisements (a) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit, to a blind person without charge, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage; (b) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof, shall be transmitted in the United States mails at the postage rate of 1 cent for each pound or fraction thereof; under such regula- tions as the Postmaster General may prescribe. "Reproducers for sound-reproduction records for the blind or parts thereof which are the property of the United States Govern- ment, when shipped for repair purposes by an organization, institu- tion, public library, or association for the blind not conducted for private profit, or by a blind person to an agency not conducted for

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