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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 530-532-SEPT. 1 , 3 , 1949 tracts, then title thereto shall, at the option of the United States, revert to the United States. The lease of such parcel III shall contain the provision that such tract of land shall be used for the purposes for which it was leased and that, in the event such tract ceases to be used for such purposes, such lease shall be terminated at the option of the United States. Both such conveyance and such lease shall contain such additional terms, reservations, restrictions, and conditions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be necessary to safeguard the interests of the United States. The exact legal descriptions of the land to be conveyed and leased under this Act are to be determined by a survey to be made under the supervision of the Veterans' Administration. Approved September 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 531] AN ACT For the relief of Chattooga County, Georgia. 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 Chattooga County, Georgia, the sum of $44,637.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Chattooga County against the United States for the destruction by fire of the Summerville High School building on February 26, 1943, the second day of a two-day period during which such high school was being used exclusively for conducting a registration for ration books issued by the Federal Gov- ernment: 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 agency 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 September 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 532] AN ACT Extending the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, created by Public Law 369, Eightieth Congress, shall have- (a) succession until June 30 1955; and b) authority, within the limits of funds appropriated or specific contract authorizations hereafter granted to it, to make contracts for periods not to exceed five years and not to extend beyond June 30,1955, in any case. SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums, not to exceed $35,000,000, as may from time to time be necessary to carry on the activities of the Institute during the period ending June 30, 1955, and the appropriations hereby authorized shall be in addition to appropriations pursuant to authorizations granted in Public Law 369, Eightieth Congress. Approved September 3, 1949. 685 Survey September 1, 1949 [H. R. 807] [Public Law 282] Chattooga County, Ga. September 3, 1949 [S. 120] [Public Law 283] Institute of Inter- American Affairs, ex- tension. 61 Stat. 780 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. n, if 281-2811. Appropriation au- thorized. Ante, p. 46.