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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 282, 283 -JUNE 29, 1949 [CHAPTER 282] AN ACT For the relief of Hampton Institute. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Hampton Institute, of Hampton, Virginia, a private, nonprofit, educational institution, is hereby relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the balance, due on and after April 1, 1948, of the purchase price of certain property purchased from the United States by Hamp- ton Institute pursuant to Supplement Numbered 6, dated December 1, 1945, of contract numbered NOd 3041, dated August 5, 1942, between the United States of America and Hampton Institute. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hampton Institute an amount equal to the aggregate of any amounts due and payable on and after April 1, 1948, under such contract, as supplemented, which have been paid by Hampton Institute to the United States. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to transfer to Hampton Institute all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property purchased under such contract, as supplemented. Approved June 29, 1949. [CHAPTER 283] AN ACT For the relief of George A. Kirchberger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That George A. Kirchberger, of Chicago, Illinois, is relieved of all liability to refund to the United States amounts paid to him for services as an employee of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Federal Supply, and as an employee of the Department of War during the period he was not eligible, because of citizenship requirements, to receive compen- sation from funds appropriated for such Departments. Any amounts heretofore (1) withheld from the said George A. Kirchberger (includ- ing any accrued salary for services performed and salary in lieu of accrued annual leave, but excluding the sum of $214.44, representing retirement deductions), and any sum withheld or required to be with- held pursuant to the provisions of subchapter D of chapter IX of the Internal Revenue Code, or (2) refunded to the United States by him, on account of such unauthorized payment to him, shall be paid to him out of any money available for the payment of salaries of employees of the Department of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, into the civil-service retirement and disability fund provided for in the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, such sum of $214.44 which shall be credited to the individual account of the said George A. Kirchberger who shall, for the purposes of such Act, as amended, be held and considered to have been a citizen of the United States during the period of his employment by the United States. Approved June 29, 1949. 1127 June 29,1949 [H. R. 593] [Private Law 135] Hampton Institute, Hampton. Va. Jme29, 1949 [H.R. 650] [Private Law 131] George A. Kirch- berger. 57 Stat. 126. 26U.8.0.It1621- 1627; Supp. 11, if 1621 , Ante, p. a88. 46 Stat. 468. 5U.S.C.I691e seq.: Supp. II, i 691 d seq. Ante, pp. 170 266, 475, 476 , 490. 577, 609, 621, 663, 699, 704 , 884.