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B-137279 1 (1958-11-10)

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL.OP THE UNITED STATES
             WASHINGTON 25


2-137279


November 10, 1958


Dear Mr. Peutmaster Generals


      Rfwnee   is made to letter of Osteber 30, 1956, from the
Aeting Postmaster General, referring to our deisian of September 19;
1958, 5-137179, to you, Wherein we enulAed that there is no legal
objeetisa to Inuluding preposd pras.e  eptias In the Department' as
losas  lidet   to its leig-term smroiul   leasing progra under
stios 11-14,   k76, 577, and 903 of title 39, United States Oode.
Bush options =elt prwvide the Department ma opportantty to purchase
the leased property at the awd of the original tem or at the end of
ay  ram   i tem.


      It Ls ftated fhat ts Departsment has determined that it would
be in the hat  suteests of the Overnmat  to provide an opportunity
to purehase leased prepeay not aly at th  end of the ias  term or
any renesel thereef, but also at specified intervals daring the basic
tere ald ay reltal  t sm; Ua it in tberetre teuird to e2pand the
preposed option as set ot in the dniaian of  eptamber 19, 1958, to
permit the Depa rtmt to prsass   te lesd   property at fixed periods
huring the basic term and resemal tems, ad that the duration of the
fied  periots wel4 lazy esording to the eirumstaness of each ease.

     We  *ensr with the vie exprssed  by the Acting Peetmaster General
that the reasms  et forth in our desitoan of Septembe 19, 19.8,
justifying the inluste  of purchase optimas to be available at tha
end of te  basis term or amy re.l  thereaof wuld be equally applicable
to paehese eptias  enrotahle  at wtaggered periods during the basic
tern tr any renewal term. It is umderteod, of aorse, In view of
stion   336, abvised statutes (1 u.S.c. 1Z), that no option ma be
exer*o ed in the basee  of epress statutory athority for the
purchase of the land, ad appropriations available therefor.

                                 Sincerely yours,

                                    josoph Campbell

                                 Comptroller General
                                 of the United States

The  4onrable
The Postmaster General


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