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PUBLIC LAW 88-219-DEC. 21, 1963

[77 STAT.

in any manner authorized by law, including, but not limited to, the assessment of an additional charge for late payment, the shutting off of water to the regime and the enforcement o i the liens for nonpayment of such charges against the individual units in conformity with the percentage of co-ownership established by section 6 of this Act. SEC. 31. AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER EEORGANIzATioN P L A N NUMBERED 5 OF 1952.—Nothing in this Act or in any

amendments made by this Act shall be construed so as to affect the authority vested in the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia by Eeorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. D.c. Code title 824). The performance of any function vested by this Act in the 1 appBoard of Commissioners or in any office or agency under the jurisdiction and control of said Board of Commissioners may be delegated by said Board of Commissioners in accordance with section 3 of such plan. SEC. 32. SEVERABiLiTr.—If any provision of this Act, or any section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word or the application thereof, in any circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act, and of the application of any such provision, section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in any other circumstances shall not be affected thereby and to this end, the provisions of this Act are declared severable. SEC. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after its enactment. Approved December 21, 1963. Public Law 88-219 December 21, 1963

[H. R. 5778]

AN ACT

Fjjj amend title 39, United States Code, to increase from 10 to 20 miles the area within which the Postmaster General may establish stutions, substations, or branches of post offices, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the SeiMte and Ilouae of Representatives of the nited Branch post of- United /States of America in Congress assembled, That subsections fices and stations. ^^^ ^ud (d) of section 705 of title 39, United States Code, are amended 7rstat.''583!^* to read as follows: " (c) The Postmaster General may establish stations, substations, or branches of a post office within twenty miles of the outer boundary or limits of a village, town, or city having 1,500 or more inhabitants and in which the principal office is located. This authority may not be used by the Postmaster General as a basis for discontinuing an established post office. " (d) The Postmaster General may establish stations, substations, or branches of a post office at camps, j^osts, or stations of the Armed Forces, at defense or other strategic installations, and at aiiiwrts.'' Approved December 21, 1963.

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