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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 20 -23 -MAR. 15 , 17, 1949 on account of such overpayment of salaries shall be repaid to them out of any money available for the payment of salaries to city delivery carriers and clerks at first- and second-class offices: 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 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 March 15, 1949. [CHAPTER 21] March 15, 1949 [S.J. Res. 22] [Public Law 19] Annapolis, Md. Commemorative postage stamp. JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the three hundredth anniversary of Annapolis, Maryland. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster Gen- eral is authorized and directed to prepare for issuance in May 1949 a special series of 3-cent postage stamps, of such design as he shall prescribe, in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of Annapolis, Maryland. Approved March 15, 1949. [CHAPTER 22] March 17, 1949 [S. 170] [Public Law 20] Bushnell General Hospital, Utah. Pod,p.8. AN ACT To authorize the transfer of certain property to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of the War Assets Administration is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, without reim- bursement or transfer of funds for use by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a vocational school for Indian children and a center for housing and training adult Indians for off-reservation employment and place- ment the property known as the Bushnell General Hospital near Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, comprising two hundred and ninety-eight and five-tenths acres, more or less, together with roads, buildings, and other betterments thereon. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to take over the property as soon as Congress has appropri- ated the necessary funds to provide for alterations, maintenance, and operation. Approved March 17, 1949. [CHAPTER 23] AN ACT March 17, 1949 AN ACT [S- 673] Relating to the pay and allowances of officers of the Naval Reserve performing [Public Law 21] active duty in the grade of rear admiral, and for other purposes. Naval Reserve ofi- cers. Pay and allowances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any officer of the Naval Reserve serving in the grade of rear admiral shall when otherwise entitled to active duty pay and allowances, receive the pay and allowances prescribed by law for rear admirals of the upper half when any officer of the active list of the line of the Regular Navy 14 [63 STAT.