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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 273-276. 1925. 955 stead laws, or of other valid claims within the Walapai Indian Reservation in Mohave and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and to permit lieu selections within the boundaries of the said reservation by those surrendering their rights so that the lands retained for Indian purposes ma be consolidated and held in a solid area so far as may be possible: Provided, That the title or claim of any .{.’{$’g;)t www H person or company who refuses to reconvey to the Government r¤¤¢•¤v¤y¤¤¤¤r¤f¤¤¤<i· shall not be hereby affected. ‘ Approved, February 20, 1925. CHAP. 274.-An Act To amend section 5147 of the Revised Statutes. F°blml]1m` [Public, No. 430.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States g America in Congress assembled, That section 5147 §?§i?$_l?,’{f{’,;_,,,5_ of the Revised tatutes is amended to read as follows: ’*m°“°°d· " Sec. 5147. Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take ,6332* '°¤“*'°d °‘ dt an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently ' and honestly administer the affairs of such association, and will not knowing] violate or willingly permit to be violated, any of the rovisions oi, this title, and that he is the owner ·in good faith, and in his own right, of the number of shares of stock required by this title, subscribed by him, or standing in his name on the books of the association, and that the same is not hypothecated, or in any way pgedged, as security for any loan or debt. The oath shall be taken ¤0 ,§g}%‘},§ fore a notar public, properly authorized and commixioned by ?‘¤&¤¢¢¤<1 with the the State in which he resides, or before any other officer having an ' official seal and authorized by the State to administer oaths, except that the oath shall not be taken before any such notary lgpblic or T _" I d other officer who is an officer of the director’s bank. e oath, mi..§?”°m` ° °° subscribed by the director making it, and certified by the notary public or other officer before whom it is taken, shall be immediately transmitted to the Comptroller of the Currency and shall be filed and preserved in his office for a period of ten years." Approved, February 20, 1925. Februar!20.1925. cmu. av¤.—A¤ Act Authorizing the rssemsser oenmi to pei-ma cue use of precanceled stamped envelopes. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives og the P ml M United States of America in Congress assembled, _'I`hat the ost- p‘§.,.,,$§'§,,H;,g gf master General is authorized, un er such regulations as he may *{.§*;g’€¤j,•{°°°'°‘°P°’P°’· prescribe, to issue a permit to persons using overnment envelopes to deface the postage stamps thereon in connection with the placing on the envelopes of the name of the post office and State of mailing, together with such other indicia as may be prescribed. Approved, February_ 20, 1925. CHAP. 278.—An Act To authorize the payment of an indemnity to the Government of N orwa on account of losses sustained by the owners of the [Publicmo.432] Norwegian steamship Iiiassel as the result of a collision between that steamslirp and the American steamship Ausable. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tire Norway United States of America in Congress assembled, That there IS psmsuk go, as ishereby authorized to be paid to the Government of Norway, out of §?¤fY°{“S{;;°‘i_°§mF;; RHF money in the Treasury not otherwise approprratedxas a matter; frm ¤¤11¤· of grace and without reference to the question of liability therefor, ‘