PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 555-557-SEPT. 7, 1949
[CHAPTER 555]
September 7, 1949
[H. R. 2471]
[Private Law 267]
Walt W. Rostow.
September 7,1949
[H. R. 2475]
[Private Law 258]
Albert M. Lewis, Jr.
September 7, 1949
[H. R. 2628]
Private Law 259]
Auldon Albert
Aiken.
AN ACT
For the relief of Walt W. Rostow.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Walt W. Rostow, New
Haven, Connecticut, the sum of $468.40. Such sum represents reim-
bursement for certain items of personal property owned by the said
Walt W. Rostow and lost at sea while being transported on the
Empire Mersey from New York, New York, to the said Walt W.
Rostow in London, England, where he was assigned to duty as a
civilian employee with the Office of Strategic Services. The steamship
Empire Mersey, a tanker of British registry, was lost as a result of
enemy action on October 13, 1942: Provided, That 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 of 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 September 7, 1949.
[CHAPTER 556]
AN ACT
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell to Albert M. Lewis,
Junior, certain land in the State of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Interior, upon application in writing filed within six months
after the effective date of this Act, is authorized and directed to convey
to Albert M. Lewis, Junior, of Panama City, Florida, that part of
fractional section 34, township 3 south, range 16 west, Tallahassee
meridian, Florida, not to exceed two and one-half acres, upon which is
situated the house now held by the said Albert M. Lewis, Junior. Such
conveyance shall be made upon the payment, within one year after the
effective date of this Act, of a price to be fixed by the Secretary at not
less than the fair value, as determined by the Secretary, of the land to
be conveyed. The conveyance shall contain a reservation to the United
States of (1) all oil, gas, and other mineral deposits, together with the
right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable
laws and such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may
prescribe.
Approved September 7, 1949.
[CHAPTER 557]
AN ACT
For the relief of Auldon Albert Aiken.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of Am.erica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Auldon Albert Aiken,
of Hampton, Virginia, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum
shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Auldon Albert
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