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PRIVATE LAW 573-MAR. 29, 1956 Private Law 573

CHAPTER 152 AN ACT For the relief of Etba Dora Johnson,

March 29, 1956 [H. R. 6618]

Etha D. Johnson.

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 and directed to issue, upon the payment of not less than $1.25 per acre, to E t h a Dora Johnson, of Taylorsville, Mississippi, a patent in fee, including all mineral rights, to the following-described tract of land: Lot 5 southwest quarter northwest quarter and lot 6 southeast quarter northwest quarter, section 8, township 10 north, range 14 west, Smith County, Mississippi. SEC. 2. If any mineral deposits in such land have been leased by the United States, the patent authorized under the first section of this Act shall be issued subject to such lease and all rights of the United States under such lease shall be transferred to the said E t h a Dora Johnson. Approved March 29, 1956.

CHAPTER 153

Private Law 574 March 29, 1956 [H. R. 8607]

David P e t e r s. Conveyance.

AN ACT To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to David Peters, or to his heirs or assigns, title to land held by the United States in trust for him. 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 and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to David Peters, an Indian of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, or to his heirs or assigns, title to eighteen and two-thirds acres of land in California which is held by the United States in trust for liim and which is described as follows: The northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 15, 10 acres; that part of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15 lying east of the center of the south fork of the Trinity Kiver, approximately 7 acres; that portion of the northw^est quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15, described as follows: Beginning at the northwest quarter corner of the northeast quarter of the southw'est quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15, thence due west 120 feet, thence due south 6(>0 feet, thence due east 120 feet, thence due north G60 feet to the point of beginning, approximately 1% acres. Approved March 29, 1956.

CHAPTER 162

Private Law 575 AprU 2. 1956 [S. 760]

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AN ACT For the relief of Pietro Meduri.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur66 Stat. 163. poses of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Pietro Meduri shall 8 USC 1101 note. be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Quota deduction, j^^t, upou payment of the required visa fee. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the