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PUBLIC LAW 66-JUNE 8, 1955

cate or temporary certificate: Provided furthers That no such vessel whose certificate of inspection shall expire within fifteen days of the date of her sailing shall proceed upon her voyage to such port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States without first having procured a new certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate required by this section.'' Approved June 8, 1955. Public Law 65

CHAPTER 134 AN ACT Relating to the payment of money orders.

June s, 1955 [H. R. 4817]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Acts or parts of Acts are hereby repealed: (a) Section 4 of the Act of July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 107), as amended and codified in section 730 of title 39, United States Code. (b) That part of the Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 416), as amended and codified in section 731 of title 39, United States Code. (c) Section 12 of the Act of June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1229), as codified in section 725k of title 31, United States Code. (d) Section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1883, as amended and codified in section 718 of title 39, United States Code. SEC. 2. No money order heretofore or hereafter issued shall be paid after twenty years from the last day of the month of original issue. Claims for unpaid money orders shall be forever barred unless received by the Post Office Department within such twenty-year period. Any excess of funds accrued because of money orders remaining unpaid may be transferred to postal revenues at such times and in such amounts as the Postmaster General shall determine. The records of the Post Office Department shall serve as the basis for adjudicating claims for payment of money orders. SEC. 3. Section 2 of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth calendar month beginning after the date of its enactment. Approved June 8, 1955. Public Law 66

Restriction.

P o s t a l Service. Money orders. Repeals.

22 Stat. 528. C l a i m s for vin> paid orders.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 135

AN ACT To continue until the close of June 30, 1956, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. Be it emiMed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 2 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 869, Eighty-first Congress), is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1955" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1956": Provided, That this Act shall not apply to lead scrap or zinc scrap. S E C 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall not be construed to affect in any way the application of Public Law 38, Eighty-second Congress, to copper scrap. Approved June 8, 1955.

June 8, 1955 [H. R. 5223]

Afetal scrap. 68 Stat. 882. 19 USC 1 0 0 1, par. 30 1 note.

65 Stat. 44.

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