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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 47 STAT. · September 10, 1931 · Private Law 217

Private Law 217.

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(/us/pvtl/72/216).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the ComptrollerLindley Nurseries (Incorporated).Adjustment of damages to property of. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of Lindley Nurseries (Incorporated), Pomona, North Carolina, on account of damages to private property resulting from the forced landing of Department of Commerce, Bureau of Lighthouses, airplane N.
S. 7, at Greensboro Airport, North Carolina, September 10, 1931, and to allow not to exceed $77.40 in full and final settlement of said claim. There isAppropriation. hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not other-1730wise appropriated, the sum of $77.40, or so much thereof as may be *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.necessary, to pay this claim: *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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim.
It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation.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, February 21, 1933. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant an easement for railroad right of way over and upon a portion of the helium gas bearing lands of the United States of America, in Potter County, in the State of Texas. Chapter 112 47 Stat. 1730 1933-02-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 72 2 private [CHAPTER 112.] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant an easement for railroad right of way over and upon a portion of the helium gas bearing lands of the United States of America, in Potter County, in the State of Texas.
February 21, 1933.[[S. 4576](/us/bill/72/s/4576).][[Private, No. 217](/us/pvtl/72/217).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, North Plains and Santa Fe Railway Co.Right of way granted to. That the Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant and convey to North Plains and Santa Fe Railway Company, a railroad corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, its successors and assigns, an easement for railroad purposes over and upon the following described property, being a part of certain helium gas bearing lands heretofore acquired by the United States of America, to wit:
A strip of land four hundred feet wide lying two hundred feet each side of the center line of the main track of the North Plains and Santa Fe Railway Company as said main track is now located and constructed over that part of survey numbered 35, G. & M. survey block numbered 5, conveyed to the United States of America by deed recorded on the 19th day of September, 1931, in volume 227, pages 221 and the following, of the deed records of Potter County, State of Texas, said strip of land containing an area of thirteen and eighty-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less.
Sec. 2. Payment for. That the grantee shall pay the Government of the United States of America $13.87 per acre for the acreage contained in the right of way hereinbefore described. Sec. 3. Fencing. That the grantee, in further consideration for said easement, shall construct fences on each side of the right of way and maintain them in good condition. Sec. 4. Subject to certain prior easements. That the grant herein made shall be subject to the rights excepted and reserved to the Humble Oil and Refining Company by the provisions of that certain warranty deed dated March 6, 1931, executed by said Humble Oil and Refining Company to the United States of America, recorded September 19, 1931, in volume 227, pages 221 and the following, of the deed records of Potter County, Texas, and that certain working agreement between the Humble Oil and Refining Company and the United States of America dated March 6, 1931, recorded September 19, 1931, in volume 224, pages 299 and the following, of said deed records.
Sec. 5. Reservation of rights. That the United States of America, its successors and assigns, shall have the unrestricted and unimpeded right to lay, maintain, inspect, and remove pipe lines for the transportation of oil, gas, and water, and lines for power and telephone, across said 1731right of way at any and all times, and shall have the right to drill and operate oil and gas wells on said right of way at any location selected by the United States of America, its successors and assigns, except that while railroad tracks are actually in use thereon no well shall be drilled so close as to interfere with the operation of trains across said tracks; also that the grantee shall not unduly and unnecessarily interfere with the United States of America, its successors and assigns, in its use of said right of way.
Approved, February 21, 1933. For the relief of Samuel C. Davis. Chapter 115 47 Stat. 1731 1933-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 72 2 private [CHAPTER 115.] AN ACT For the relief of Samuel C. Davis. February 23, 1933.[[S. 1705](/us/bill/72/s/1705).][
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