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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS . 417, 418 . JULY 26, 1935 .

503 of the. United States Government, and for other purposes" (48 Stat . 1122) are enlarged to cover the additional duties placed upon the National Archives Establishment by the provisions of this Act . Copie s of th e Federa l Regis ter hai led by the Gov ernment shall b e Franking privilege . entitled to the free use of the United States mails in the same manner as the official mail of the executive departments of the Gov- ernment . The cost of mailing the Federal Register to officers and cost of m ailin g for- employees of Federal agencies in foreign countries shall be borne ei~' by the respe ctive age ncies . SEC . 10 . The provisions of section 2 shall become effective Sixty tion~2,ccommencement days after the date of approval of this Act and the publication of of pu bli cat ion of Fed - the Federal Register shall begin within three business days there- eral Register . after : Prov ided, Th at the appropriations involved have be en ( Proviso

inc reased as required by secti on 9 of this Act . The limitat ions up on condition

the effect iveness of docu ments r equired , under section 5 (a), to Validity of prior is- be published in the Federal Register shall not be operative as to su ed documents . any document issued, prescribed, or promulgated prior to the date when such document is first required by this or subsequent Act of the Congress or by Executive order to be published in the Federal Register. SE C. 11 . Within six months after the approval of this Act each compilation o f docu- m ents to be fi led by age ncy sha ll prep are and file wi th the committ ee aa complete corn- Fed eral agencies . pilation of all documents which have been issued or promulgated prior to the date documents are required or authorized by this Act to be published in the Federal Register and which are still in force and effect and relied upon by the agency as authority for, or invoked or used by i t in the discharge of, any of its f unctions or activi ties . The committee shall within sixty days thereafter report with respect te1 epo rt of C ommit- thereto to the President, who shall determine which of such docu- ments have general applicability and legal effect, and shall author- Publication of sup- ize. the publication thereof in a special or supplemental edition or p l6d ,' taledit ion of Federal register. issue of the Federal Register . Such special or supplemental editions or issues sh all be di stributed in the saine man ner as re gular edi tions or issues, and shall be included in the bound volumes of the Federal Register as supplements thereto . SE C. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to trea- Docu ment s ex clud ed pr ovisions of Act . ties, conventions, protocols, anti other international agreements, or from proclamations thereof by the President . SEC . 13 . All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are R epeal of incon sist - hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith .

ent Acts . SEC . 14 . This Act may be cited as the " Federal Register Act ." short title. Ap proved, July 26 , 1935 . [CHAPTER 418 .1 AN ACT July 26, 1935 . To authorize the Secretary of war to sell to the Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras [S . 2326.1 Bridge Company a portion of the Eagle Pass Military Reservation, Texas,

[Public, loo . 221 .1 and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Se nate and Hou se of Repres entativ es of the Uni ted States of Am eri ca in Cong res s a sse mble d, That the Secre- Eagle Pass military tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell and convey to the x le aofn'degnated Eag le Pass and Pi edras Ne gras Br idge Co mpany, its succ essors and portion, authorized . assigns, on terms and conditions to be precribed by the Secretary of War the right, title and interest of the United States in that por- tion of the Eagle Pass Military Reservation, Texas, occupied by said company on which its improvements are located .