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PUBLIC LAW 87-467-MAY 31, 1962
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Public Law 87-467 May 31, 1962 [H. R. 8941]
AN ACT To authorize acceptance of the gift m a d e to the United States by the will of Esther Cattell Schmitt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativefi of the Gift to u. s. United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney Acceptance. General is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the United States of America the property given to it by the will of the late Esther Cattell Schmitt. SEC. 2, The Attorney General is hereby authorized to appear in or to initiate on behalf of the United States any appropriate legal or equitable proceeding, in the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County, or any other appropriate tribunal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or elsewhere, in connection with any matter relating to or arising under the said will, and to take such steps therein or in connection therewith as in his discretion may be desirable and appropriate in the interest of the United States. The duties imposed upon officers and agents of the United States by the succeeding provisions of this Act shall be performed in conformity with the orders of any court of competent jurisdiction entered in any such proceeding to which the United States shall be a party. SEC. 3. Any moneys or securities which the United States shall receive under the said will, and the proceeds of the sale of any real property received by the United States thereunder, shall be receipted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized to sell, exchange, retain, invest, or reinvest such moneys or securities in such investments as he may from time to time determine. SEC. 4. The income received by the United States from the property passing to it under the said will, or from the proceeds of such property, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the beneficiaries named in paragraphs numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said will in accordance with the terms thereof. National Gallery SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art shall, Trust^es.^"^'* °^ '^^ *^^^ request of the Attorney General, nominate the beneficiary described in paragraph numbered 4 of the will, as translated, as "a young American painter, the most deserving." Approved May 31, 1962.
Public Law 87-468 May 31. 1962 [H. R. 4380]
AN ACT rpQ qy^i^^ ^m^ and possession to an unconfirmed and located p r i v a t e l and claim in the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and lionise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act of February 10,'1897 (29 Stat. 517), is hereby amended by extending, as of February 10, 1897, its provisions to the private land claim of Robert Sibley, numbered 320 in the list of actual settlers submitted by Commissioners Cosby and Skipwith and reported on page 440 of volume 3 of the American State Papers, Gales and Seaton edition, embracing section 43, township 5 south, range 3 east. Saint Helena meridian, Louisiana, and containing six hundred forty-three and thirty-four one-hundredths acres. Approved May 31, 1962.
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