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 59Apr. 30STAT.] 79,1945 59 STAT.] 79TrH CONG. , IsT SESS.-CHS. 104, 111 . 3 -May.15. 1945 May7,1, 1-945 [CHAPTER 104] AN ACT To confirm the claim of Charles Gaudet. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to section 18, township 11 south, range 5 east, containing forty-four and thirty- four one-hundredths acres, and section 21, township 12 south, range 5 east, Saint Helena meridian, Saint James Parish, Louisiana, con- taining one hundred and thirty-eight and fifty one-hundredths acres, together with all accretion, covered by the private claims of Charles Gaudet based upon a Spanish patent be, and the same is hereby, granted, released, relinquished, and conveyed in fee simple by the United States to the respective owners of the equitable titles thereto, and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully and com- pletely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by patents issued therefor according to law. SEC. 2. That nothing contained in this Act shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any right, title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the lands mentioned in said first section, the true intent of this Act being to relinquish and abandon, grant, give, and concede, any and all right, interest, and estate, in law or equity, which the United States is or is supposed to be entitled to in said lands, in favor of all persons, estates, firms, or corporations, who, had the claim heretofore been confirmed, would be the equitable or true and lawful owners of the same by reason of long continuous possession under color of title with claim of ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Louisiana, includ- ing the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved April 30, 1945. [CHAPTER 111] AN ACT Granting a franking privilege to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all mail matter sent by the post by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt, under her written autograph signature or facsimile thereof, be conveyed free of postage during her natural life. Approved May 7, 1945. April 30, 1945 [H. R. 1719] [Private Law 57] Charles Gaudet. Confirmation of land claim. Rights, etc., not abridged. Intent of this Act. M ay 7, 1945 [. 906D [Private Law 581 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Franking privilege. [CHAPTER 113] AN ACT For the relief of Maria Manriquez Ruiz. 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 Maria Manriquez Ruiz, of Phoenix, Arizona, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for injuries sustained by her when a United States Army airplane crashed into her home in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 22, 1944: 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 M ay 16 , 194 [S. 70] [Private Law 59] Maria Manriques Ruis. 707

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