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SEC. 3. The commissioner may, ^rior to executing such quitclaim Twrltory.^**"* ** deeds, require that claimants quitclami to the Territory any claim they may have in and to the roadways hereinabove described, and the easement hereinabove referred to. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its approval. Effective date.. Approved July 30, 1966. Public Law 840

CHAPTER 784

AN ACT To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to the priority of debts owed by a bankrupt to workmen, servants, clerks, and certain salesmen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (2) of subsection (a) of section 64 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. sec. 104 (a)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) wages and commissions, not to exceed $600 to each claimant, which have been earned within three months before the date of the commencement of the proceeding, due to workmen, servants, clerks, or traveling or city salesmen on salary or commission basis, whole or part time, whether or not selling exclusively for the bankrupt; and for the purposes of this clause, the term 'traveling or city salesman' shall include all such salesmen, whether or not they are independent contractors selling the products or services of the bankrupt on a commission basis, with or without a drawing account or formal contract;". SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall apply only with respect to proceedings commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved July 30, 1966. Public Law 841

July 30, 1956 [H. R. 256]

Bankraptcy. Priority of deblia. 52 Stat. 874.

CHAPTER 785

AN ACT Relating to the use of storage space in the Buford Reservoir for the purpose of providing Gwinnett County, Georgia, a regulated water supply.

July 30, 1956 [H. R. 8265]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gwinnett County, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Ga. of the Army is hereby authorized to contract with Gwinnett County, Storage in Buford Georgia, upon such terms and for such period not to exceed fifty year^ Reservoir. as he may deem reasonable for the use of storage space in the Buford Reservoir for the purpose of providing said county a regulated water supply in an amount not to exceed eleven thousand two hundred acrefeet of water annually, and is authorized to grant to Gwinnett County^ at no cost, easement over Government lands at Buford Reservoir for the sole purpose of constructing, repairing, and maintaining necessary pipelines and pumping station to remove such water from said reservoir, and the project for Buford Dam authorized by the Act, entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," being Public Law 525, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session, approved July 24, 1946, is hereby modified accordingly: Provided, 60 Stat. 634. That all moneys received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further. That nothing herein contained shall affect water rights under State law. Approved July 30, 1956.

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