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officially designated as the Custis-Lee Mansion, so as to give appropriate recognition to the illustrious Virginia family in which General Lee found his wife, and that the Custis-Lee Mansion is hereby dedicated as a permanent memorial to Robert E. Lee, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to erect on the aforesaid premises a suitable memorial plaque, and to correct governmental records to bring them into compliance with the designation authorized by this joint resolution. Approved June 29, 1955. Public Law 108

CHAPTER 224

AN ACT To provide for the transmission in the mails of live scorpions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress dssembled^ That section 1716 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting immediately after the second paragraph thereof the following new paragraph: "The Postmaster General is authorized and directed to permit the transmission in the mails, under regulations to be prescribed by him, of live scorpions which are to be used for purposes of medical research or for the manufacture of antivenin. Such regulations shall include such provisions with respect to the packaging of such live scorpions for transmission in the mails as the Postmaster General deems necessary or advisable for the protection of Post Office Department personnel and of the public generally and for ease of handling by such personnel and by any individual connected with such research or manufacture. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the transmission in the mails of live scorpions by means of aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers for compensation or hire." Approved June 29, 1955. Public Law 109

June 29, 1955 [S. J5]

62 Stat. 781.

CHAPTER 225

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the erection of a memorial gift from the Government of Venezuela,

june 29, 1955 [H. J. Res. 232]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, Simon States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the statue. B o l i v a r Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the Government of the A c c e p t a n c e. United States, a statue of the liberator, Simon Bolivar, to be erected .on public grounds under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, as a gift to the Goverimient of the United States from the Government of Venezuela as a token of friendship. SEC. 2. The design and site of such statue shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts, and the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of this statue. SEC.?>. (a) The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution shall lapse unless the erection of such statue is commenced within five years after the date of the passage of this joint resolution. (b) All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies. Approved June 29, 1955.

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