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 Nov. 28, 1941 65 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 551, 554DeC 2 8 1941 [CHAPTER 551] AN ACT Confirming the claim of Patrick Morgan and Daniel Clark to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, county of Attakapas, now parish of Saint Martin, said claim being listed as number 97 in Report of Commissioners dated May 1, 1815. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Patrick Morgan and Daniel Clark, listed as claim numbered 97 in the Report of the Commissioners for the Western Land District of the State of Louisiana, dated May 1, 1815, reported in volume III, pages 120 and 139, American State Papers, Public Lands, Gales and Seaton edition, 1834, be, and it is hereby, confirmed in favor of said claimants and their heirs, assigns, and legal representatives, said claim being identified on the official plats of survey approved July 18, 1855, as including all of section 44, township 7 south, range 5 east, containing one thousand one hundred and one and forty-two one-hundredths acres, and all of section 38, township 8 south, range 5 east, containing five thousand four hundred and nine and fifty-six one-hundredths acres: Provided, That this Act shall be construed to operate merely as a confirmation of said claim and as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not prejudice any right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate who, except for the lack of confirmation of the claim, would be the true and lawful owners of said lands or any portion thereof under the laws of the State of Louisiana by virtue of either legal title or possession. Approved, November 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 554] AN ACT For the relief of J. T. Colter. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 to J. T. Colter, of Glasgow, Kentucky, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal and permanent injuries suffered by him on May 20, 1938, when a truck in which he was riding in Barren County, Kentucky, on State High- way Numbered 63, about two miles southeast of Glasgow, Kentucky was, through and by the negligence of one of the employees and enlisted men of the United States Army, struck and demolished by a United States Army baggage truck of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Cavalry, Fort Knox, Kentucky, driven and operated by said employee and enlisted man: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 2, 1941. 981 November 28, 1941 [H. R. 2587] [Private Law 226] PatrickMorgan and Daniel Clark. Claim to certain lands confirmed. Plrvo. December 2, 1941 [H. R. 466] [Private Law 227] J. T. Colter. Payment to. 278941--42 -PT. II- - -

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