Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/597

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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 589-591-JUNE 19, 21, 1948 amount of damages allowed, if any, shall not exceed the amount that could have been recovered had all the interests in such property been vested in one party. The claims of the city of Macon with respect to lands owned by it shall be determined under the terms and provisions of its leases of such lands to the United States. This Act shall be construed to waive the lack of privity of contract between the United States and the said fee owners or between the United States and the said leasehold owners; to waive the requirement of such leases to the city of Macon of notice by the lessors to the city in order for claims of restoration to be asserted, and to waive the immunity from suit of the United States in favor of the parties and with respect to the claims described in this Act, but not otherwise to affect any rights of the parties. SEC. 2. Proceedings for the determination of these claims shall be had in the same manner as in cases against the United States of which the district courts of the United States have jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph "Twentieth" of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended, but the monetary limit which is applicable in such cases shall not be applicable in the determination of these claims: Provided, That all suits hereunder shall be instituted within one year after the enactment of this Act. Approved June 19, 1948. 567 Waivers. Proceedings. 28U.S. C. 141. Post, p. 996. Time limitation. [CHAPTER 590] AN ACT June 21, 1948 To provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp in commemoration of the [H. R. 6368] dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory. [Public Law 731] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled,That, in commemora- tion of the dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory, San Diego County, California, the Postmaster General is authorized and directed to issue a special postage stamp of such denomination and design and for such period beginning not later than September 1, 1948, as he may determine. Approved June 21, 1948. Palomar Mountain Observatory, Calif. Commemorative stamp. [CHAPTER 591] AN ACT June 21, 1948 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in the State [s. 19331 of Montana to School District 55, Roosevelt County, Montana. [Public Law 7321 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 with the consent of the executive board of the Fort Peck Tribe by quitclaim deed to School District 55, Roosevelt County, Montana, the following- described lands located in Brockton, Roosevelt County, Montana: Lots 3 through 14 of block 16; lots 1 through 4 of block 9; and lots 13 through 16 of block 9. SEC. 2. The lands authorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be used by the grantee for school purposes, including the use as a site for housing furnished to Indian families during the school term. The conveyance of such lands shall contain the express condition that if the grantee shall fail or cease to use such lands for such purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to alienate such lands, title thereto shall revert to the United States, in trust for the Fort Peck Tribe. Approved June 21, 1948. School District 55, Roosevelt County, Mont. Conveyance.