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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 489-491-NOV. 21, 1941 ceeds of such negotiation or payment, and (d) that reclamation from the forger or transferees or parties on such check subsequent to the forgery has been or may be delayed or be unsuccessful, the Treasurer of the United States is authorized and directed to draw on the fund prior to reclamation to pay such payee or special indorsee the amount of such check, without interest. Liability of forger, SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to relieve tc. the forger from civil or criminal liability, nor to relieve any trans- feree or party on such check subsequent to the forgery from liability on his express or implied guaranty of prior indorsements, or lia- recditf mounts bility to make refund to the Treasurer of the United States, and all amounts received by the Treasurer by way of reclamation from such persons, or other persons making repayment on behalf of such persons, to the extent that such amounts are necessary to reimburse the fund for payments made to payees or special indorsees therefrom shall forthwith be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall be available for the purposes thereof. tioRes and regula" SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the administration of the provisions of this Act. Efective date SE. 5. This Act shall take effect on the sixtieth day following the date of its enactment. Approved, November 21, 1941. November 21, 1941 [H. R . 5120] [Public Law 311] Grosse Point Light- house Reservation. Conveyance of por- tion to Evanston, I11. November 21, 1941 [H. R. 5128] [Public Law 312] Construction of bridge between Dau- phin Island and Cedar Point, Ala. Time extension. 54 Stat. 742. [CHAPTER 490] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of the remaining portion of the Grosse Point Lighthouse Reservation by deed to the city of Evanston, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Evanston, Illinois, for public-park purposes, under the same con- ditions prescribed by the Act of May 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 311), the remaiinig portion of the Grosse Point Lighthouse Reservation which was not conveyed to the city of Evanston by deed of conveyance dated July 2, 1935. Approved, November 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 491] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction, by the Alabama Bridge Commission, an agency of the State of Alabama, of a toll bridge and causeway between Dauphin Island and the mainland at or near Cedar Point, within the State of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction by the Alabama Bridge Commission, an agency of the State of Alabama, or assigns, of a toll bridge and causeway between Dauphin Island and the mainland at or near Cedar Point, within the State of Alabama, authorized by Public Law Numbered 727, Seventy-sixth Congress approved July 8, 1940, be, and the same are, extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserve. Approved, November 21, 1941. 778 [55 STAT.

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