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1208 October 25, 1949 [H. J . Res. 337] [Private Law 342] District of Columbia. Relief of certain property owners. 62 Stat. 1379. October 25, 1949 [H. R. 3816] Private Law 343] Alexis Leger. Quota deduction. October 26, 149 [8. 1660 l Prtvate Law 34 Franciscan Fathers Of California. Conveyance. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 719, 732, 738-OCT. 25, 26 , 1949 [63 STAT. [CHAPTER 719] JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the time for payment of the sums authorized for the relief of the owners of certain properties abutting Eastern Avenue in the District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the owners of certain properties abutting Eastern Avenue in the District of Columbia", approved June 19, 1948 (Private Law 363, Eightieth Congress), is amended by strik- ing therefrom "one year after the date of enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "ninety days after the date of enactment of this amended section", so that such section will read: "SEC. 4 . The authority to pay the sums authorized by this Act shall expire ninety days after the date of enactment of this amended section.". Approved October 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 732] AN ACT For the relief of Alexis Leger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the admin- istration of the immigration and naturalization laws, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Alexis Leger, of Washington, District of Columbia, as of July 14, 1940, the date on which he entered the United States in a diplomatic status, if he is otherwise admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for France for the first year such quota is available. Approved October 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 738] AN ACT Providing for the conveyance to the Franciscan Fathers of California of approxi- mately forty acres of land located on the Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation4 Monterey County, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretarv of the Army is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the Franciscan Fathers of California, a body corporate, subject to the conditions provided for in section 2 of this Act, the tract of land lying within the Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, in the county of Monterey, State of California, containing forty acres more or less, described substantially as follows: Beginning at station 16 of the Mission San Antonio de Padua Grant recorded in book A of patents on pages 416 and the following, in the office of the county recorder, Monterey County, California; thence north thirty-seven degrees thirty minutes west six hundred feet, more or less, to the center line of the bed of the Mission Creek; thence following the center line of the bed of said creek in a generally south- westerly direction approximately three thousand and two hundred feet to the point where the center line of the bed of said creek intersects