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 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 378-380 -JULY 30, 1947 [CHAPTER 378] 1007 AN ACT July 30, 1947 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim two acres of land near [H. R. 2511] Muirkirk, Maryland, to the Queens Chapel Methodist Church. [Private Law 107] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed not to exceed two acres of land of the Agricultural Research Center near Muirkirk, Maryland, to the Queens Chapel Methodist Church, upon the payment in cash of $100. Such land shall be devoted to church purposes and the deed shall contain a provision that in the event the land shall cease to be used for such purposes the title to such land shall revert to the United States upon the payment of the sum of $100 or the tender thereof to the church. Approved July 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 379] AN ACT For the relief of Mack Gene Odom, a minor. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Mack Gene Odom, a minor, Logansport, Louisiana, the sum of $6,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on October 12, 1941, as the result of an explosion of a blank cartridge which was left in the yard of the Odom residence by military personnel during special field exercises: 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 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 380] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of George Wesley Hobbs, a minor. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500 to the legal guardian of George Wesley Hobbs, a minor, of Weaver, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and loss of earnings sustained as a result of an explosion of a grenade fuse in or near his home, which grenade fuse apparently had been thrown or dropped near Weaver, Alabama, by some unidentified trainee of the Thirteenth Battalion Fourth Training Regiment, IRTC, Fort McClellan, Alabama, which explosion occurred on May 26, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be Queens Chapel Methodist Church. July 30, 1947 [H. R. 2550] [Private Law 1081 Guardian of Mack Gene Odom. July 30, 1947 [H. R. 2607] [Private Law 109] Guardian of George Wesley Hobbs.

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