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Lectures*

M e m o r i a l volume« 54 Stat. 1207. Gifts, e t c.

Employees. 63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 10 71 note. Voluntary and coop erative services.

Expenditures and disbursements.

PUBLIC LAW 247-AUG. 5, 1955

Land scrips. Recordation.

STAT.

lend themselves best to the advancement of the preparation of such history and to the employment of distinguished scholars qualified to achieve the desired standards and independence in the work which they undertake. (b) To finance an annual lecture or series of lectures, at times and places determined by the Committee, to be given each year at a different institution of higher learning in various parts of the country by a lecturer of distinction engaged by the Committee on a subject of his choice. The lectures shall be known as the Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures. (c) To finance the preparation and publication of the memorial volume contemplated by section 2 of the Act of October 22, 1940 (54 Stat. 1206) containing Justice Holmes' writings and other material. SEC. 5. The Committee is authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts or bequests of money, securities, or other personal property as may be approved by the Committee, and it may sell or otherwise dispose of such securities or other personal property. All moneys received shall be paid into, administered, and expended as a part of the fund. SEC. 6. The Committee may employ, without regard to the civilservice laws or the Classification Act of 1949, such employees as may be necessary in carrying out its functions. SEC. 7. The Committee may accept and utilize services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and pay any such personnel when engaged in the work of the Committee necessary travel and subsistence expenses or in the alternative, transportation and not to exceed $20 per diem in lieu of subsistence; cooperate with legal, philosophical, and historical societies and institutions of learning; and call upon Federal agencies for their advice and assistance in carrying out its functions. Any Federal agency furnishing advice or assistance to the Committee may expend its own funds for this purpose, with or without reimbursement from the Committee as may be agreed upon by the Committee and the agency. The Committee, to such extent as it finds to be necessary, may, without regard to the laws or procedures applicable to Federal agencies, procure transportation, supplies, services and property, and make contracts, and may exercise those powers that are necessary to enable it to carry out efficiently and in the public interest the purposes of this Act. SEC. 8. The Chairman, with the approval of the Committee, is authorized to determine the character and necessity of expenditures from the fund and the manner in which such expenditures are incurred, allowed and paid. Disbursements from the fund shall be made through the disbursing facilities of the Treasury Department. SEC. 9. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Approved August 5, 1955. Public Law 247

August 5, 1955 [H. R. 2972]

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AN ACT To require the recordation of scrip, lieu selection, and similar rights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any owner of, and any person claiming rights to, Valentine scrip, issued under the Act of April 5, 1872 (17 Stat. 649); Sioux Half-Breed scrip, issued under the Act of July 17, 1854 (10 Stat. 304); Supreme Court scrip, issued under the Acts of June 22, 1860 (12 Stat. 85), March 2, 1867

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