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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 46, 48 , 51 , 52 -FEB . 5, 6 , 10, 14 ,1948 after accruing to the individual credit of such member; and all payments to the legal guardian of such member may be expended without the approval of the superintendent of the Osage Agency: Provided, That all restrictions against alienation of the property of every kind and character, except headright shares or interests in the Osage tribal mineral estate, of members of the Osage Tribe who now have, or may hereafter receive, a certificate of competency, are hereby removed. Approved February 5, 1948. [CHAPTER 48] AN ACT 19 Removal of restric- tions. February 6, 1948 To amend the Act of June 28, 1935, entitled "An Act to authorize participation [S. 1005] by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union". [Public Law 409] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1, the Act of June 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 425; 22 U. S. C. 276), is hereby amended to read as follows: "An appropriation of $30,000 annually is hereby authorized, $15,000 of which shall be for the annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration; and $15,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to assist in meeting the expenses of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, such appropriation to be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the President and the executive secretary of the American group." Approved February 6, 1948. [CHAPTER 51] AN ACT Interparliamentary Union. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 308 . February 10, 1948 Making it a petty offense to enter any national-forest land while it is closed to [H. R. 1826] the public. [Public Law 410] Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever, with- out lawful authority or permission, shall go upon any national-forest land while it is closed to the public by or under authority of a regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture made pursuant to law shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned without hard labor not more than six months, or both: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under other law to otherwise provide for regulating the occupancy and use of national- forest lands and lands administered by the Forest Service. Approved February 10, 1948. [CHAPTER 52] AN ACT To provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of paragraph 6 of part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, as precedes the proviso, is hereby amended to read as follows: Natlonal-forest land. Unlawful entry. February 14, 1948 [S. 1394] [Public Law 411] Veterans' subsist- ence allowances. 58 Stat. 289. 38 U. S. C., Supp. I, note oll. 7 33 . PoL p. 208.