An Act to authorize acceptance of the gift made to the United States by the will of Esther Cattell Schmitt
PL 87-467 (H.R.8941), enacted 05/31/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-467-MAY 31, 1962 
[76 STAT 
Public Law 87-467 
May 31, 1962 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 8941] 
To authorize acceptance of the gift made to the United States by the will of 
Esther Cattell Schmitt. 
Be it enacted hy 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 Pennsyl-
vania 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 com-
petent 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 accord-
ance 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 de-
scribed 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 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 4380] 
rpQ qy^i^^ ^m^ and possession to an unconfirmed and located private land claim 
in the State of Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy 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 Com-
missioners 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.