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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 7, 8-JAN. 28, 1944 [CHAPTER 7] January 28, 1944 [S. 653] [Plivate Law 167] Johnny Newton Strickland. [58 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Johnny Newton Strickland. 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 authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Johnny Newton Strickland, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, the sum of $1,500, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States for compensa- tion for personal injuries sustained by him, and hospital and medical expenses incurred by him, as the result of a collision which occurred when his automobile was struck by a United States Army truck on October 22, 1941: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved January 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 8] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Jose C. Romero all right, title, and interest of the United States in a certain described tract of land within the Carson National Forest, New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Jose c. Romero. United States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the following facts (1) that Jose C. Romero, of Trampas, New Mexico, had by purchase and possession established a major equitable interest in certain lands comprising a portion of the Las Trampas Grant prior to the acquisition of said grant by the United States through an exchange consummated under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 643), whereby said grant became a part of the Carson National Forest, (2) that the said area purchased and possessed by the said Jose C. Romero has been specifically delineated by a survey commenced June 16, 1941, and completed June 18, 1941, by Aaron F. Jones, senior engineering aide, of the Forest Service United States Department of Agriculture, whose field notes of said survey have been accepted and filed by said Department and show the area claimed by said Jose C. Romero to be twelve and three hundred and twenty-four one thousandths acres, and (3) the said Forest Service has found and stated that the equities of the said Jose C. Romero are such as to warrant conveyance to him of title to the said described twelve and three hundred and twenty-four one thousandths acres of land, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed on behalf of the United States to execute a quit claim deed conveying to the said Jose C. Romero, his heirs, successors, or assigns, all right, title, and interest which the United States now holds in the said described lands. Approved January 28, 1944. 936 January 28, 1944 [S. 1488] [Private Law 168]

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