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 324 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 348, 349-JUNE 5,1942 [56 STAT. quitclaim to the State of California for the benefit of the State and/or of those claiming under the State at the date of such quit- claim, deed, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake held, or that might be asserted, by the United States under or in pursuance of the act of February 3, 1905, of the State of California (California Statutes, 1905, page 4). Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 349] AN ACT June 5, 1942 [H. R. 5636] To expedite the settlement of claims and accounts incident to certain agricultural [Public Law 589] adjustment programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Agricultural adjust- United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order mSntgenmrt ofclaims to expedite the settlement of claims and accounts incident to the ahd accouts; agricultural adjustment programs in effect prior to January 6, 1936, 7U. . C., ch. 26. under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 31), amend- Timelimttforfling. ments thereto, and related legislation, no claim shall be considered or paid from the appropriation "Payments for Agricultural Adjust- ment" made by the Supplemental Appropriation Act fiscal year 1936 (49 Stat. 1116), as amended, unless presented to the Secretary of Agriculture within one hundred and twenty calendar days from the Disposition of un- date of approval of this Act, and the unobligated balance remaining in said appropriation one hundred and eighty calendar days after the date of approval of this Act shall be covered into the surplus rAiastive - fund of the Treasury: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of such penses. unobligated balance shall remain available thereafter for not more than one calendar year for administrative expenses incident to carry- ing out the purposes of this Act. edsit In s acouts SEC. 2. That with respect to payments made in connection with any of disbursing officers. 48 Stat. 31. program (1) under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 or 7U S.C. ch.26.f Ante, p h. 2. amendments thereto or other legislation relating to programs inaugu- rated prior to January 6, 1936, which were administered through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration; (2) under the appro- 49 Stat. 116 . priation "Payments for Agricultural Adjustment" as made in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, as amended; or ia. s- .. §11401- (3) under title IV of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 70), amendmlents thereto and related legislation, the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized to allow credit in the accounts of the disbursing officers who made the pay- ments and no charge shall be raised against the certifying officers who Proi.sl. certified the vouchers: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture good faith. certifies that such payments were made in good faith and without fraud or collusion on the part of such disbursing officers or certifying officers. Fxcess payrnelts SEC. 3. That where it appears payments mentioned in section 2 hereof have been made in excess of the amounts to which the persons to whom such payments were made were entitled, without fraud on their part, no action shall be taken by the United States to recover such excess payments if the Secretary of Agriculture, after such inves- tigation as he deems appropriate, certifies that, considering the con- tribution made in good faith by any such person to agricultural adjustment compared with the contributions of other persons some- what similarly situated, it would be inequitable to require refund of the excessive payments; or certifies that appropriate efforts to obtain such refunds have failed and there is no reasonable prospect of later obtaining such refunds. Approved, June 5, 1942.

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