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 62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 493495--JUNE 17, 1948 as such clerk: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy may waive the giving of bond in the cases of Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks. Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks whose bonds are so waived shall not be entitled to the extra compensation otherwise authorized to be paid them by law. The Post Office Depart- ment shall be reimbursed annually by the Navy Department in an amount equal to funds embezzled by unbonded Navy mail clerks, assistant Navy mail clerks, and commissioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, and funds expended in payment of claims arising from errors, losses, or defalcations by unbonded Navy mail clerks, assistant Navy mail clerks, and commissioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps: Provided further, That 'commissioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps' as used in the foregoing provision shall be construed to mean only those commissioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps who have been designated custodians of postal effects by the commanding officer." SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 4941 AN ACT 475 Waiver of require- ment. Reimbursements. "Commissioned officers. " Appropriation au- thorized. June 17, 1948 Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by [I. 2479] location in the United States. [Public Law 665! Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which requires on each mining claim located, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor to be performed or improvements aggregating such amount to be made each year, be, and the same is hereby, suspended as to all mining claims in the United States, until the hour of 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of July, 1948: Provided, That every claimant of any such mining claim in order to obtain the benefits of this Act shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office where the location notice or certificate is recorded, on or before 12 o'clock meridian of July 1, 1948, a notice of his desire to hold said mining claim under this Act. Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 495] AN ACT To provide for the conveyance to Pinellas County, State of Florida, of certain public lands herein described. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described public lands in the State of Florida, to wit: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of section 5; lots 1 and 2 of section 6; lots 1, 2, and 3 of section 7; lots 1,2,3, and 4 of section8; lots 1and2 of section 9; lot 1of section 17; and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of section 18 in township 33 south, range 16 east, together with accretion thereto, shall be conveyed to Pinellas County, State of Florida, when it shall be determined that it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was reserved by Presi- dential orders of March 23, 1849, and November 17, 1882, or is not needed for the purposes as set forth in Executive Order Numbered 9151, April 28, 1942, and that the Secretary of the Interior is hereby Mining claims. Suspension of an- nt i assessment work. 0U.S.C.§28. June 17, 1948 [S. 2496] [Public Law 666] Pinellas County, Fla. Conveyance. 3CFR,Cum.8upp., p. 1151.

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