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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., lST SESS.-CHS. 653 -655-DEC. 29, 1945 of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 654] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to quitclaim to Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company subsurface mineral and water rights in two hundred and eleven and thirty-six one-hundredths acres of land in the county of Los Angeles, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, gra- tuitously, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe to Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company, a corporation, its succes- sors and assigns, all subsurface mineral rights existing in and under that certain tract of land consisting of approximately two hundred and eleven and thirty-six one-hundredths acres described in that cer- tain deed dated February 27, 1943, recorded June 9, 1943, in book 20047 at page 238 of Official Records of the county of Los Angeles, State of California, whereby the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company donated said land to the United States of America, such quitclaim deed to provide, however, that the grantee, its successors and assigns, shall have no right to enter upon, or use the surface of said premises for the development, extraction, and removal of the minerals thereunder, or for any other purpose or purposes. Approved December 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 655] AN ACT For the relief of the Springfield Co-operative Bank. 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 the Springfield Co-operative Bank, a corporation of Springfield, Massachusetts, the sum of $5,409.33. Such sum represents the balance of the cost to such corporation of alterations made in a building owned by the corpo- ration in order that the building might be suitable for quarters for the use of the Springfield Ordnance District of the War Department: 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 29, 1945. 835 December 29, 1945 [H. R. 12361 [Private Law 363] Chanslor-Canfleld Midway Oil Com- pany. December 29, 1094 [H. R. 2321] [Private Law 364] Springfield o-op erative Bank.

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