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 July 31 1947 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 423, 424, 4 4 3 -JAug. 1, 1947 Aug. 1, 1947 [61 STAT. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Doctor Theodore A. Geissman, University of California, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Dr. Geissman against the United States arising out of personal injuries, medical, and hospital expenses sustained by him in April 1944 as a result of an explosion in a laboratory of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during OSRD project OEMsr-934: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 31, 1947. [CHAPTER 424] July 31, 1947 [H. R. 2534] [Private Law 120] James H. Under- wood. August 1,1947 [S. 7941 [Private Law 121] Methodist Church. Use of certain land. License. AN ACT For the relief of James H. Underwood. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit the account of James H. Underwood, former postmaster at Guam, Guam, in the sum of $25,439.31, representing funds and accountable stock in the amount of $24,520.47 in the postal accounts and $918.84 in the money-order account, and that James H. Underwood is hereby relieved from any liability to refund or pay to the United States said sum of $25,439.31. Such sum being the amount of postal and money-order funds lost when the island of Guam was invaded by the armed forces of the Imperial Government of Japan on December 10, 1941, the postmaster being taken prisoner and forced to open the vault of the post office and surrender the keys to the enemy invaders. Approved July 31, 1947. [CHAPTER 443] AN ACT To authorize the sale of a small tract of land on the CherOkee Indian Reserva- tion, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That with the consent of the authorized tribal authorities of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue a license to the Methodist Church to use from two to four acres of tribal land on the Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina, for so long a time as such land may be used for church purposes, including the construction of a church building and a parsonage. The license shall be issued by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized repre- sentative upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable to the parties, and may be revoked only if and when the land ceases to be used for the purposes for which said license is issued. Approved August 1, 1947.

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