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Admissibility in pvidence.

PUBLIC LAW 130—AUG. 29, 1951

Department of the. Air Force. Transfer of lands.

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business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative pro-^ ceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original. This subsection shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence." SEC. 2. The analysis of section 1732 of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, immediately preceding section 1731 of such title, is amended so as to read: "1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies." SEC, 3. The catchline of section 1732, chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended so as to read: "1732. Kecord made in regular course of business; photographic copies." Approved August 28, 1951.

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AN ACT To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Department of the Air Force certain property in the State of Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of General Services is authorized and directed to transfer, without reimbursement, to the Department of the Air Force the following-described lands in Harrison County, Mississippi: (a) That certain tract of land comprising one hundred and fortyseven acres, more or less, lying within sections 19 and 30, township 7 south, range 9 west, at Keesler Field, Mississippi, now occupied by the Department of the Air Force under a permit from the Veterans' Administration; and (b) That certain tract of land lying northwesterly of and abutting the land described in (a) above, comprising fourteen and thirty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less, within sections 19 and 30, township 7 south, range 9 west, said land being approximately described as follows: Beginning at the section corner common to sections 25, 30, 31, and 36, township 7 south, ranges 9 and 10 west. Saint Stephens base and meridian; thence north no degrees thirteen minutes west, one thousand two hundred eighty-five and ten one-hundredths feet to a point on the west line of section 30, township 7 south, range 9 west; thence south eighty-seven degrees fourteen minutes east, two hundred twelve and twenty one-hundredths feet to a point

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