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PUBLIC LAW 85-39a-MAY 1, 1958

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range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, lying north and east of a diagonal line from the northwest corner to the southeast corner of said southeast quarter northeast quarter, containing 20.10 acres, more or less, being lands conveyed to Clarence B. Sanburg by deed of March 8, 1943, recorded in the records of Montrose County, Colorado, at page 133 of Deed Book 303. In exchange for the foregoing lands, the Secretary is authorized to convey, on terms and conditions mutually satisfactory, the followingdescribed lands: Beginning at a point on the south boundary of the northwest quarter northeast quarter, north 88 degrees 26 minutes west, 109.7 feet from the southwest corner of the northeast quarter northeast q^uarter, section 25, township 50 north, range 8 west. New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942; thence north 428.3 feet to a brass cap set in a concrete monument; thence west 1,320 feet to a brass cap set in a concrete monument; thence south 393.5 feet to the south boundary of the northeast quarter northwest quarter; thence south 88 degrees 26 minutes east on the south boundary of the northeast quarter northwest quarter and the northwest quarter northeast quarter, 1,320.45 feet to the point of beginning, containing 12.45 acres, more or less, reserving, however, to the United States of America a public road right-of-way 50 feet in width within the abovedescribed tract, said right-of-way to be measured southerly from the centerline of the existing monument road where a portion of said road lies within said tract; and the east half west half southeast quarter, section 29, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, containing forty acres, more or less. Approved May 1, 1958.

Public Law 85-392 AN ACT

May 1, 1<>58

To revise certain provisions of law relating to the advertisements of mail routes, and for other purposes.

[H. R. 9240]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen- Postal service. tence of section 245 of the Act of June 8, 1872 (17 Stat. 313), as tract^ advims^n^ amended (18 Stat. 235, 66 Stat. 286; 39 U.S.C. 426), is amended by f°' bids, striking out "approved by a postmaster, and in cases where the amount of the bond exceeds five thousand dollars, by a postmaster of the first, second, or third class," and inserting in lieu thereof "approved as the Postmaster General shall direct,". SEC. 2. When advertising is required under section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) or any other law, the Postmaster General shall advertise, for a period of not less than 30 days, for bids for a contract for transporting the mails, unless he shall publish with the advertisement a finding that the public exigencies surrounding the particular contract require a shorter period. The advertisement shall be conspicuously posted in each post office to be served under the contract.

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