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PRIVATE LAW 3 9 0 - J U N E 3, 1954

from October 31, 1946, to October 27, 1947, inclusive, at the highest pay rate for grade P - 5, while he was holding the position of Insect and Rodent Control Officer, United States Forces, Korea, grade P - 5, when such salary during such period should have been based upon the lowest pay rate for such grade. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by thip Act. Approved June 3, 1954. Private Law 389

C H A P T E R 258

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to Frederick W. Lee the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain invention.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to transfer to Frederick W. Lee, a former employee of the Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, by means of an appropriate legal instrument, the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain invention made by said Frederick W. Lee consisting of a "Method for Determining the Subterranean Extension of Geologic Bodies," as described and claimed in the United States Application for Letters Patent filed May 29, 1942, and covered by United States Letters Patent numbered 2,440,693: Provided, however, That such legal instrument shall reserve to the Government of the United States, in all departments, independent establishments, and corporate and other agencies thereof, the right to a nonexclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license in and to the invention for all governmental purposes. Approved June 3, 1954. Private Law 390

June 3, 1954 [H. R. 3041]

F r e d e r i c k W. Lee.

C H A P T E R 259

AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. James J. O'Rourke.

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, the sum of $350.95 to Mrs. James J. O'Rourke, of 51 Hopkins Street, Revere, Massachusetts, for reimbursement of the amount of medical and hospital expenses which she incurred after she was admitted to the Revere Memorial Hospital in Revere on February 9, 1951: 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 3, 1954.

Jxine 3, 1954 [H. R. 4 9 6 1 ]

Mrs. J a m e s J. O'Rourke,

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