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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 566, 567-JULY 11, 1946 [CHAPTER 566] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Sybel Spence. 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 estate of Sybel Spence, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of the claim of such estate for compensation for the death of the said Sybel Spence as a result of personal injuries sustained by her when she was struck by a United States mail truck in Seattle, Washington, on October 7, 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 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 July 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 567] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to the heirs of Jesus Gonzales 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 United States of America in Congress assembled That, in recognition of the following facts: (1) That Jesus Gonzaies, of Rodarte, New Mexico (now deceased), and his predecessors in interest had by occupancy and use for agricultural purposes during a period of approx- imately forty years established an equitable interest in certain lands comprising a portion of the Santa Barbara Grant prior to the acquisi- tion of said grant by the United States through an exchange consum- mated under the provisions of the Act of January 12, 1925 (43 Stat. 739), whereby said grant became a part of the Carson National Forest, said Jesus Gonzales subsequently continuing such occupancy and use until the time of his demise; (2) that the said area thus occupied and cultivated by the said Jesus Gonzales has been specifically delineated by a survey executed on July 12, 1945, by H. C. Langston, truck trail locator of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agricul- ture, whose field notes and plat of said survey have been accepted and filed by said Department and show the area occupied and cultivated by said Jesus Gonzales to be eight and two-tenths acres; and (3) that the said Forest Service has found and stated that the equities of the said Jesus Gonzales are such as to warrant recognition of his lawful heirs as the true and full owners of the said described eight and two- tenths 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 quitclaim deed conveying to the lawful heirs of the said Jesus Gon- zales, their successors or assigns, all right, title, and interest which the United States now holds in the said described lands. Approved July 11, 1946. 1253 July 11, 1946 [S. 933] [Private Law 722] Sybel Spence, es - tate. July 11, 1946 [S. 1988] [Private Law 723 Jesus Gonzales, heirs. Conveyance.

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