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73d CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHS . 213-215 . MAY 4, 1934 . [CHAPTER 213 .] May 4, 1934 .

AN ACT [H.R .5307.] To authorize the exchange of the use of certain Government land within the Carlsbad Caverns National Park for certain privately owned land therein . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire for and on behalf of the United States for park purposes title to the northeast quarter northwest quarter section 31, township 24 south, range 25 east, New Mexico principal meridian, within the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and to grant to the owner thereof in exchange there- for, under such regulations as may be deemed by said Secretary necessary and in the interest of the United States, the privilege to use a shaft or tunnel located in the northwest quarter northeast quar- ter sec tion 31 , towns hip 24 south, range 25 eas t, of t he same merid ian, for the purpose of mining and removing guano from the said north- east quarter northwest quarter section 31, the right to said guano to be reserved to the owner in the transfer of title to said land to the United States pursuant to this Act : Provided, That in addition to said privilege the Secretary of the Interior may also authorize the removal, under such terms and conditions as he deems fair, of any guano located within or on Government lands adjacent to said T itle with out Fed- deposit : Provided further, That evidence of title to the land to be conveyed to the United States hereunder, satisfactory to the Sec- retary of the Interior, shall be furnished without cost to the Government . Approved, May 4, 1934 . [Public, No . 202 .1 Ca rlsbad Cav erns National Park, N .Mex. Exchange of certain la nd within, a uthor- ized . Privilege to use tun- nel to remove guano deposits. Provisos . R emovi ng o ther de- posits. era l cost . [CHAPTER 214 .]

AN ACT To require postmasters to account for money collected on mail delivered at their [Public, No . 203.1

respective offices . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 3846 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 39, sec . 46) is hereby amended to read as follows M oney coll ecte d by " Postmasters s hall kee p sa fely wit hout loa ning , us ing, dep osit ing S afeke epin g. p Safekepin in an unauthorized bank, or exchanging for other funds, all the public money colle cted by the m, or ich ma~y come ito their possession, until it is ordered by the Postmaster General to be trans- Public ferred or paid out . All money collected on mail delivered at their respective offices shall be deemed to be public money in the posses- sion of the postmasters within the meaning of this section ." Approved, May 4, 1934 . May 4, 1934 . [H .R . 6876.1 Pos tal Service . R.S., see . 3846, p 752; U.S.C.,p. 1237. Deemed money . May 4, 1934 . [H .R. 7551 .] [Pub lic, No . 204] Pass A'Loutre Light- hou se Reservati on, La . Co nveyance of, to St ate, for par k pur- p oses, aut horiz ed . [CHAPTER 215 .] AN ACT Authorizing the Secr etary of Commerce to dispose of the Pass A'Loutre Light- house Reservation, Louisiana . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the State of L ouisiana for State park pu rposes the Pas s A'Loutre Lighthouse Reservation, Louisiana, and all appurtenant structures