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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1 6T SESS.-CHS. 637-639-AUG. 10, 1939 1341 Arkansas. At the time of such dissolution all moneys in the hands Division ofConeys of or to the credit of the Commission shall be divided and distribu- sion. tion made between the interests of the States as may be determined by the terms and provisions of the contract or contracts that may be entered into between the parties thereto. SEc. 7 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize Creation of other or permit the Commission or any member thereof to create or obligate obligations. or incur any liability other than such obligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds contemplated to be provided by this Act. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this Act No obligation to be shall be a personal obligation or liability of any member or members a personal obligation of the Commission, nor shall any indebtedness created pursuant to this Act be an indebtedness of the United States. SEc. 8. The design and construction of any bridge which may be Desiogn and con- built pursuant to this Act shall be in accordance with the standard specifications for highway bridges adopted by the American Associa- tion of State lighway Officials. SEC. 9 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, August 10, 1939. [CHAPTER 638] AN ACT To prohibit the use of the mails for the solicitation of the procurement of divorces in foreign countries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every written or printed card, circular, letter, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, giving or offering to give information concerning where or how or through whom a divorce may be secured in a foreign country, and designed to solicit business in connection with the pro- curement thereof, is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, or shall knowingly take or cause the same to be taken from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. SEC. 2 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude criminal prosecution under the provisions of section 338, title 18, United States Code (Criminal Code, sec. 215), in any case in which the mails are used by any person in furtherance of any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promisea Approved, August 10, 1939. [CHAPTER 639 AN ACT AN ACT To amend the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1516), authorizing the extension of the boundaries of the Hot Springs National Park, in the State of Arkansas, and for other-purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1516), reading as follows: ": Provided, That the lands hereinabove described may be acquired within funds already appropriated and at a cost not to exceed $15,000", is hereby repealed, and the said Act of June 15, 1936, is August 10, 1939 [S. 2245] [Public, No. 366] Divorces in foreign countries. Use of the mails for solicitation of procure- ment, prohibited. Penalty. Criminal prosecu- tion not precluded. 35 Stat. 1130. 18 U.S. C. . 338. August 10, 1939 [H. R. 34091 [Public, No. 367] Hot Springs Na- tional Park, Ark. 49 Stat. 1516. 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 361c. Proviso repealed.