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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 585-587-JUNE 19,1948 [62 STAT. principal meridian, containing five hundred and fifty-seven and thirty- seven one-hundredths acres. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 586] June 19, 1948 [H. R. 5330] [Private Law 383] W. W. DeLoach. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 5655] [Private Law 3S4] Juan Berrar. Confirmation of claim to certain land. AN ACT For the relief of W. W. DeLoach. 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 W. W. DeLoach, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, the sum of $114, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of serv- ices rendered in preparing and furnishing to the United States Army, on or about September 1, 1947, at the request of the Army provost marshal of Memphis, Tennessee, a certified copy of the transcript of testimony in the case of the State of Mississippi against George Lee Mullins, case numbered 2775, in the circuit court of Grenada County, Mississippi, the said George Lee Mullins then being an enlisted man in the United States Army who was tried and convicted in said case upon an indictment charging him with the murder of one Clinton Carpenter: 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 June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 587] AN ACT Confirming the claim of Juan Berrar to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, county of Attakapas, now parish of Saint Martin, said claim being listed as number B-690 in the report of the commissioners dated June 1811, so as to include section 2, township 11 south, range 6 east, Louisiana meridian, con- taining one hundred and thirty-nine and sixty-two one-hundredths acres. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Juan Berrar, listed as claim numbered B-690 in the report of the commissioners for the western land district of the State of Louisiana, dated June 1811, reported in volume II, page 686, American State Papers, Public Lands Duff Green Edition, 1934, be, and it is hereby, confirmed in favor of said claimant and his heirs, assigns, and legal representatives, as including among other lands, all of section 2, town- ship 11 south, range 6 east, Louisiana meridian, containing one hun- dred and thirty-nine and sixty-two one-hundredths acres: Provided, That this Act shall be construed to operate merely as a confirmation of said claim so as to include the above-mentioned section, and as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not prejudice any right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate, who. except for lack of confirmation of the claim, as to said section, would be the true and lawful owners of said lands or any portion thereof under the laws of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of either legal title or possession. Approved June 19, 1948. 1388

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