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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.--CHS. 400-402 -JULY 30, 1947 this Act to apply for the purchase of, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the corpora- tion, for use as a mission, the following-described public lands situated in Alaska: Commencing at a point where the Andreafsky River enters the Yukon River from the north, from which point corner numbered 1 of the tract desired bears north approximately three miles where post is situated at the southwest corner of the tract and at the junc- tion of a small stream with the Andreafsky River; running thence in an easterly direction along the said Andreafsky River to corner numbered 2; thence in a northerly direction one-half mile to corner numbered 3; thence in a westerly direction one mile to corner num- bered 4; thence in a southerly direction one-half mile to corner numbered 1, the place of beginning, containing approximately three hundred and twenty acres. SEC. 2. That the conveyance shall be made upon the payment by the said bishop for the land at its reasonable appraised price of not less than $1.25 per acre, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public- land laws or found by the Secretary of the Interior to be needed for public purposes: Provided further, That the coal and other mineral deposits in the land shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved July 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 401] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Alma Richards and Mrs. Mary Block. 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 Doctor Alma Richards, Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $7,140, and to Mrs. Mary Block, Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlinelnt of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained on December 6, 1940, by the said Doctor Alma Richards and Mrs. Mary Block when the automobile in which they were riding was in collision in Memphis, Tennessee, with a truck in the service of the Work Projects Administration: 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 July 30, 1947. 1009 Payment, etc. Reservation of min- eral rights to U. S . July 30, 1947 [HI. R . 3481 [Private Law 113] Dr. Alma Richards and Mrs. Mary Block. [CHAPTER 402] AN ACT July 30, 1947 For the relief of Thomas M. Farley, Mrs. Susie Farley, Mrs. Helen Moss, the [H. R. 405] legal guardian of Donna Louise Farley, and the legal guardian of Melvin [Private Law 1141 Moss. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, 95347° -49-PT . II --