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PRIVATE LAW 856-AUG. 27, 1954 CHAPTER 1020

Private Law 855

AN ACT To authorize the sale of certain land in Alaska to Lloyd H. Turner, of Wards Cove, Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Lloyd H. Turner, of Wards Cove, Alaska, is hereby authorized for a period of one year from and after the effective date of this Act to apply for the purchase of, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to said Lloyd H. Turner, for use as a trade and manufacturing site, the following-described land situated in Alaska: Triangular tract beginning at corner numbered 4 of United States Survey Numbered 2632; thence north forty-three degrees no minutes west two and seventy-two one-hundredths chains; thence south seventy-nine degrees ten minutes east one chain; thence south twentyfive degrees fifty-one minutes east one and ninety-nine one-hundredths chains back to the point of beginning in Tongass National Forest and adjacent to United States Survey Numbered 2632, containing eight one-hundredths acre. SEC. 2. The lands shall be sold to the said Lloyd H. Turner at the reasonable appraised price to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, plus the cost of survey. The conveyance shall be made only if the said Lloyd H. Turner makes the total payment due within five years after notification by the Secretary of the amount due: Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public land laws: Provided further, That the coal and other mineral deposits in the land shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable laws and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved August 27, 1954. Private Law 856

August 27, 19S4

[H. R. 20 IS]

Lloyd H. Turner.

CHAPTER 1021 AN ACT For the relief of Frank L. Peyton,

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 Frank L. Peyton, care of Judge Advocate Section, United States Forces in Austria, Army Post Office 168, care of Postmaster, New York, New York, the sum of $1,467.61, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for services rendered to the United States Forces in Austria between December 18, 1950, and February 19, 1951: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 August 27, 1954,

August 27, 1954 [H. R. 2024]

Frank L. Peyton.

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