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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 588, 592, 598-JUNE 19,21, 22 , 1948 [CHAPTER 588] AN ACrT 1389 June 19, 1948 To authorize the issuance of a land patent to certain public lands, situated in [H. R. 6252] the county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, for school purposes. [Private Law 385] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii with the consent of the Governor of said Territory of Hawaii be authorized to issue a land patent to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, a corporation sole, covering the following described lands: Lots 117, 118, 119, 120 and 122, Kekaha House lots, Waimea, county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii; said lands to be used for school purposes. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 592] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Myrtle Hovde. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Myrtle Hovde, Westby, Wisconsin, the sum of $420. Such sum is equal to the com- pensation which the said Mrs. Myrtle Hovde would have received for the year 1945 pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to compensate widows and children of persons who died while receiving monetary benefits for disabilities directly incurred in or aggravated by active military or naval service in the World War", approved June 28, 1934, as amended (U. S . C ., 1940 edition, Supp. V, title 38, sec. 503, and the following), if her annual income for such year had not been in excess of $1,000. After the death on July 3, 1944, of her husband, Joseph B. Hovde, a World War I veteran and an employee of the Post Office Department, the said Mrs. Myrtle Hovde made immediate application to the United States Civil Service Commission for the amount of $1,993.30 standing to the credit of the said Joseph B. Hovde in the civil-service retirement and disability fund. Due to the delay of the Commission, the said Mrs. Myrtle Hovde did not receive such amount until January 15, 1945, and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs denied payment of compensation to the said Mrs. Myrtle Hovde for the year 1945 on the ground that such amount constituted annual income for such year in excess of $1,000. 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 21, 1948. [CHAPTER 598] AN ACT For the relief of Marcella Kosterman. Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu. June 21, 1948 [H. R. 633] [Private Law 386] Mrs. Myrtle Hovde. 48 Stat. 1281. 38 U. 8. C. §5503- 507. June 22,1948 [S. 1573] [Private Law 3871 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary J a ree lla Koster- of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money 68706°-1 --51 -r. II---7

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