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PUBLIC LAW 87-853-OCT. 23, 1962

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the Interior, lands withdrawn from the public domain primarily under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, and lands acquired for national forest purposes. Approved October 23, 1962. i/\:i

Public Law 87-853 October 23, 1962 [H. R. 555]

Elmore County, Ala. Claims settlement.

AN ACT For the relief of Elmore County. Alabanui.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhied, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elmore County, Alabama, the sum of $4,372.51. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all the claims of Elmore County against the United States for reimbursement for one-half of the cost of certain civil defense communications equipment purchased by the county in October of 1958 at the urging of civil defense officials and in the belief that such reimbursement would be made. 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 October 23, 1962.

Public Law 87-854 October 23, 1962 [H. R. 5700]

Contract carriers. Designation a s carriers of bonded merchandise. 59 Stat. 667.

AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the designation of certain contract carriers as carriers of bonded merchandise.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 551 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. sec. 1551), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 551. BONDING OF CARRIERS.

"Under such regulations and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe— "(1) any common carrier of merchandise owning or operating a railroad, steamship, or other transportation line or route for the transportation of merchandise in the United States, "(2) any contract carrier authorized to operate as such by any agency of the United States, and "(3) any freight forwarder authorized to operate as such by any agency of the United States, upon application, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be designated as a carrier of bonded merchandise for the final release of which from customs custody a permit has not been issued." Approved October 23, 1962. >•

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