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September 13, 1961 [H. R. 5054]

mann.

66 Stat. 269.

SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, benefits payable by reason of the enactment of this Act shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability fund.

Approved September 13, 1961.

Private Law 87-190

AN ACT

For the relief of Wolfgang Stresemann.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wolfgang Strese United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the administration of section 352 (a) (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Wolfgang Stresemann shall be held to have established residence in the country of his birth on March 2, 1961. Approved September 13, 1961.

8 USC 1484.

September 14, 1961 [S. 415]

Dauel.

66 Stat. 182. 8 USC 1182.

Private Law 87-191

AN ACT

For the relief of Margaret Jean Dauel.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Margaret J. United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Margaret Jean Dauel may be issued an immigrant visa and admitted to the United States for permanent residence if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of such Act: Provided, That this Act shall apply only to grounds for exclusion under such paragraph known to the Secretary of State or the Attorney General prior to the date of the enactment of this Act: And provided further, That if the said Margaret Jean Dauel is not entitled to medical care under the Dependents' Medical 72 Stat. 1569, Care Act (70 Stat. 250), a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, 410 usc 1071 et approved by the Attorney General, be deposited as prescribed by section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Approved September 14, 1961.

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8 USC 1183.

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Private Law 87-192

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in the State of Utah to Joseph A. Workman.

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 is authorized to enter into agreements with Joseph A. Workman, of Roosevelt, Utah, leasing the following described tracts of lands to the said Joseph A. Workman for the sole purpose of prospecting for, and the mining of, gilsonite:

(a) Beginning at a point (numbered 1), 1,300 feet north of section corner common to sections 15, 16, 21, and 22; thence north 645 feet to point numbered 2; thence south 50 degrees 30 minutes east 3,500 feet to point numbered 3; thence south 645 feet to point numbered 4; thence north 50 degrees 30 minutes west 3,500 feet to point of beginning, sections 15 and 22, township 10 south, range 20 east, Salt Lake

meridian, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Uintah County, State of Utah, and containing 40 acres, more or less.

(b) Beginning at point numbered 1, 2,230 feet south of section corner common to sections 16, 17, 20, and 21; thence north 55 degrees west 2,750 feet to point numbered 2; thence north 51 degrees west 1,540 feet to point numbered 3; thence north 71 degrees west 2,100 feet to point numbered 4; thence north 510 feet to point numbered 5; thence south 71 degrees east 850 feet to point numbered 6; thence north 51 degrees west 1,050 feet to point numbered 7; thence north 650 feet to point numbered 8; thence south 51 degrees east 4,440 feet to point numbered 9; thence south 55 degrees east 2,440 feet to point numbered 10; thence south 590 feet to point of beginning, sections 17 and 20, township 9 south, range 20 east, Salt Lake meridian, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Uintah County, State of Utah, and containing 96 acres, more or less.

SEC. 2. Any agreement entered into pursuant to the first section of this Act shall provide (1) for the leasing of the lands described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the first section in accordance with the same terms and conditions, except as otherwise provided in this Act, as those provided for in the leases numbered 14-20-462-325 and 1420-462-325(a), respectively, dated January 26, 1959, entered into between (A) the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and the Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah, and (B) Joseph A. Workman; (2) that all rents and royalties payable under any such agreements shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior and deposited by him in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States; and (3) that such lands described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the first section shall be leased for a term of ten years beginning January 26, 1959, and as long thereafter as gilsonite is produced in paying quantities.

Approved September 14, 1961.

Private Law 87-193

AN ACT

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to adjudicate a claim of the Greif
Brothers Cooperage Corporation to certain land in Marengo County, Alabama.

September 14, 1961 [S. 1012]

Greif Brothers Cooperage Corp. Adjudication of

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 is directed to adjudicate a claim of the Greif Brothers Cooperage Corporation, of Delaware, Ohio, under the Color of Title claim. Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069), as amended by the Act of July 28, 1953 (67 Stat. 227; 43 U.S.C. 1068-1068b), to the lands described in section 2 of this Act. If the Secretary shall determine that the Greif Brothers Cooperage Corporation has otherwise satisfied the requirements of the Color of Title Act, he may issue a patent under this Act to those lands without regard to the acreage limitation imposed in that Act.

SEC. 2. The lands subject to this Act are the following-described tracts of land situated in Marengo County, Alabama:

(a) East half of southwest quarter; northwest quarter of northwest quarter, and north half of southwest quarter of northwest quarter, and north half of south half of southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 11, township 12 north, range 2 east, Saint Stephens meridian; and

(b) Northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 18, township 12 north, range 2 east, Saint Stephens meridian.

Approved September 14, 1961.

September 14, 1961 [H. R. 5180]

jan and others.

Private Law 87-194

AN ACT

For the relief of Doctor Ferenc Domjan and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dr. Ferenc Dom- United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provision contained in section 202 of the General Government Matters Appropriation Act for fiscal years 1957, 1958, and 1959 (70 Stat. 276, 71 Stat. 49, and 72 Stat. 220, respectively), prohibiting the payment of compensation from appropriations contained in that or any other Act to officers or employees whose post of duty is in the continental United States, and who are not citizens of the United States, payments for services rendered by Doctor Ferenc Domjan, Doctor Theodor Tkaczuk, Doctor Karol Sobolewski, and Doctor Alfred Zebrowski, as employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, contrary to the citizenship prohibition, are validated and the said employees shall not be required to refund the amounts thereof. Furthermore, any service rendered by such employees during the period July 30, 1956, through June 30, 1959, for which they were not compensated on account of the citizenship prohibition cited above shall be paid for out of current appropriations or funds otherwise available for salaries and expenses.

September 14, 1961 [H. R. 5647]

and others.

Approved September 14, 1961.

Private Law 87-195

AN ACT

For the relief of David C. Thomas, Robert W. Barber, Milton A. Chace, and
Richard F. Turner.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the David C. Thomas 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 David C. Thomas, 10412 Montrose Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, the sum of $976; to Robert W. Barber, 10508 Montrose Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, the sum of $2,613.61; to Milton A. Chace, 13229 Steel Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, the sum of $1,638.02; to Richard F. Turner, 3683 Jennifer Street, San Diego, California, the sum of $1,968; in full settlement of their claims against the United States for per diem during 1957 and 1958 which was promised them at the time they were recruited to take part in the Atomic Energy Commission junior professional development program in nuclear technology: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 September 14, 1961.

Private Law 87-196

AN ACT

For the relief of Andrew Telesfor Kostanecki.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Andrew Telesfor Kostanecki shall be deemed to have been within the purview of the Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797), at the time of his birth. Approved September 14, 1961.

Private Law 87-197

AN ACT

For the relief of Rear Admiral Carl H. Cotter.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Rear Admiral Carl H. Cotter, United States Navy, retired, is relieved of liability to pay to the United States the sum of $27,917.94, which amount represents the total of overpayments of retired pay during the period beginning May 1, 1956, and ending July 31, 1959, while the said Carl H. Cotter was president of the Capitol Construction Company and that company was engaged in certain contract work for the United States. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for any amount for which liability is relieved by this section.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rear Admiral Carl H. Cotter, United States Navy, retired, the amount certified to him by the Secretary of the Navy as the sum of the amounts withheld from him by the United States on account of the liability referred to in the first section of this Act. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Carl H. Cotter against the United States for amounts withheld from his retired pay on account of the liability referred to in the first section of this Act: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this section 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 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 15, 1961.

Private Law 87-198

AN ACT

For the relief of Chief Warrant Officer James M. Cook.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Chief Warrant Officer James M. Cook, United States Army (serial number RW 905135), is hereby relieved of liability to repay to the United States the sum of $752.27, which was paid to him erroneously on account of annual leave. As a result of such erroneous payment to the said Chief

September 14, 1961 [H. R. 7707]

Andrew T. Kostanecki.

September 15, 1961 [H. R. 4639]

Rear Adm. Carl H. Cotter.

September 21, 1961 [H. R. 2816]

CWO James M.

Cook.

September 21, 1961 [H. R. 3606]

C. Winter, Jr.,
USAF.

70A Stat. 152.

Warrant Officer James M. Cook, he has been deprived of over thirtysix days of annual leave to which he was otherwise entitled.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Chief Warrant Officer James M. Cook an amount equal to all amounts paid by him to the United States, or withheld from his pay by the United States, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, to the extent that such amounts have reduced below $752.27 his indebtedness to the United States arising out of the erroneous payment to him on May 20, 1955, of $1,495.73 for accrued leave and musteringout payment.

SEC. 3. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, full credit shall be given for the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act.

SEC. 4. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 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 21, 1961.

Private Law 87-199

AN ACT

For the relief of William C. Winter, Junior, Lieutenant Colonel, United States
Air Force (Medical Corps).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lt. Col. William 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 William C. Winter, Junior, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force (Medical Corps), Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $10,770.63 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement in addition to the amount he received under the provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 2732, as amended, for household and personal effects destroyed or damaged in August 1955 when the warehouse in which such effects were stored in Waterbury, Connecticut, was inundated by a flood: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 September 21, 1961.

September 21, 1961 [H. R. 4369]

Private Law 87-200

AN ACT

For the relief of Henry James Taylor.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Henry J. Taylor. United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment

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