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 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 472-474-AUG. 4, 1947 section 11 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended, are hereby increased by 10 per centum. The revenue resulting from the increase of such fees imposed by this section is hereby permanently appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEc. 15. The Commissioners shall appoint a committee, to be com- posed of six outstanding residents of the District of Columbia, to advise and consult with the Commissioners and to assist them in carrying out the provisions of this Act. The members of the com- mittee shall serve without compensation and shall serve for a period of one year and until their successors are appointed. Approved August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 473] AN ACT To extend second-class mailing privileges to bulletins issued by State conservation and fish and game agencies or departments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ninth para- graph under the heading "Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General" of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act making appro- priations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1912 (U. S . C ., 1940 edition, title 39, sec. 229), is amended by inserting after "issued by State boards of health," the following: "by State conservation and fish and game agencies or departments,". Approved August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 474] AN ACT To enable Osage Indians who served in World War II to obtain loans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 6 of the Act approved February 27, 1925 (43 Stat. 1008), as amended by section 5 of the Act approved March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1478), which make invalid contracts of debt entered into by certain members of the Osage Tribe of Indians, shall not apply to any debt contracted pursuant to title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 by any member of such tribe who, by reason of his service in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, is eligible for the benefits of such title III; and any other member of the Osage Tribe upon attaining the age of twenty-one years may contract a valid debt without approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Osage lands and funds and any other property which has heretofore or which may hereafter be held in trust or under supervision of the United States for such Osage Indians not having a certificate of competency shall not be subject to lien, levy, attachment, or forced sale to satisfy any debt or obligation contracted or incurred prior to the issuance of a certificate of competency. Approved August 4, 1947. 747 48 Stat. 319. D.!C. Code § 25-101 to 25-138. Committee. August 4, 1947 [H. R. 2867] [Public Law 348] 37 Stat. 550 . August 4, 1947 [t. R. 3325] [Public Law 349] Osage Trileo of In- dillls. ,oans. 58 Stat. 291. 38 U. S. C. U§694 694e. Ante, p. 454. Lands not subject to lien, etc.

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