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 54 STAT.] 7GTHr CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 453 -455 -JUNE 29, 1940 [CHAPTER 453] AN ACT Permitting official mail of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to be transmitted in penalty envelopes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privilege of the free transmission of official mail matter is hereby extended to the Pan American Sanitary Bureau in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as is provided in the case of official mail mat- ter of the Pan American Union. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 454] AN ACT For the exchange of lands adjacent to the San Juan National Forest and the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. L. 465; U. S. C., title 16, sec. 485), entitled "An Act to consolidate national forest lands", and the provisions of the Act of February 28, 1925 (43 Stat. L., p. 1090; U. S. C., title 16, sec. 486), entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to consolidate national forest lands' ", and Acts amendatory thereto, are hereby extended to include any suitable offered lands within the boundaries of that portion of the former Mexican grant known as the Tierra Amarilla Grant, lying within the State of Colo- rado, adjacent to the Rio Grande or San Juan National Forests. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forest nearest to which they are situated, and shall thereafter be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said national forest. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 455] AN ACT To prohibit the receipt, possession, or disposition of money or property feloniously taken from a bank organized or operating under the laws of the United States or any member of the Federal Reserve System. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of May 18, 1934, entitled "An Act to provide punishment for certain offenses committed against banks organized or operating under laws of the United States or any member of the Federal Reserve System" (48 Stat. 783; U. S . C. title 12, sec. 588b), as amended, be further amended by adding thereto the following sub- section: "(c) Whoever shall receive, possess, conceal, store, barter, sell, or dispose of any property or money or other thing of value knowing the same to have been taken from a bank in violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both." Approved, June 29, 1940. 695 JUne 29, 1940 [H. R. 83650 [Public, No. 683] Pan American San- itary Bureau. Free transmission of official mail matter. June 29, 1940 [H. R. 8356] [Public, No. 6814 San Juan and Rio Grande National For- ests. Exchange of adja- cent lands. Administration. June 29, 1940 [H. R. 83991 tPublic, No. 65] Bank robbery. 12 U. S. C., Supp. V, 588b. Receiving. etc., of loot; penalty.

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