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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 687-689-AUG. 11, 1939 Distribution to members of tribe. Proviso. Acceptance an ex- tinguishment of inter- est. Payment not a bar to hospitalization, etc. sum of $228,525, which sum shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior in equal shares to the members of the Puyallup Indian Tribe, determined in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe approved May 13, 1936, as of the date of the passage of this Act, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: Provided, That acceptance by each individual, or by his or her natural or legal guardian or heirs, of the pro rata share of the amount hereby authorized to be appropriated shall be recognized as com- pletely extinguishing any and all right or interest such member of the tribe might have had in said property. SEC. 3. The fulfillment of the provisions of section 2 hereof shall not bar the hospitalization of or medical attention to members of the Puyallup Tribe at the Indian sanatorium referred to in section 1. Approved, August 11, 1939. [CHAPTER 688] h n ii tl August 11, 1939 IS. 2240] [Public, No. 385] AN ACT To provide for a national census of housing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the National census of United States of America in Congress assembled, That to provide Diretor of the en- information concerning the number, characteristics (including o4,as part of popu- utilities and equipment), and geographical distribution of dwelling ation inquiry, structures and dwelling units in the United States the Director of the Census shall take a census of housing in each State, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Alaska, in the year 1940 in conjunction with, at the same time, and as a part of the population inquiry of the sixteenth decennial census. ollection of supple- The Director of the Census shall be authorized to collect such sup- entary statistics. plementary statistics (either in advance of or after the taking of such census) as are necessary to the completion thereof. Application of exist- SEC. 2. All of the provisions, including penalties, of the Act providing for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses, 46 Stat. 21. approved June 18, 1929 (46 Stat. 21; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 13, 13USC 4 ch. 4), shall apply to the taking of the census provided for in section 1 of this Act. Appropriation au- SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this oriedAct, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $8,000,000 to cover the estimated cost of such census. Approved, August 11, 1939. August 11, 1939 [8. 2654] [Public, No. 386] Bankruptcy Act of 1898, amendment. 49 8tat. 923. 11 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, §205(n). Reorganization of railroad corporations. Claims for personal injuries to employees, etc. [CHAPTER 689] AN ACT To amend subsection (n), section 77, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, concerning payment of preferred claims. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen- tence of section 77, subsection (n), of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, be further amended to read as follows: "(n) In proceedings under this section, and in equity receiverships of railroad corporations now or hereafter pending in any court of the United States, claims for personal injuries to employees of a rail- road corporation, claims of personal representatives of deceased employees of a railroad corporation, arising under State or Federal laws, and claims now or hereafter payable by sureties upon super- 1406 [53 STAT.

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