June 22, 1934. (H.R. 7372.] [Private, No. 331.] of postal funds. Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. [CHAPTER 732.] AN ACT For the relief of Donald K. Warner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Donald K. Warner. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for loss of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement against the Government, to Donald K. Warner, former postmaster at Oakdale, Nebraska, the sum of $869.17, being the amount of stamps and postal funds lost in the burglary of the post office on the night of December 13, 1928: 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 Penalty for violation. With said claim, any 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. June 22, 1934. [H.R. 8108.] [Private, No. 332.] Jeannette Weir. sonal injuries. Approved, June 22, 1934. [CHAPTER 733.] AN ACT For the relief of Jeannette Weir. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for per- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to Jeannette Weir for injuries sustained by being struck by a United States mail truck January 4, 1922: ProLimitation on attor. vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess Proviso. ney's, etc., fees. 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 contract to the contrary notwithstandPenalty for violation. ing. 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. June 22, 1934. [H.R. 7893.] [Private, No. 333.] Walker. Approved, June 22, 1934. [CHAPTER 734.] AN ACT For the relief of Ralph LaVern Walker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ralph LaVern United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to guard- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, lan, for loss of arm, etc. out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 to the legal guardian of Ralph LaVern Walker for the loss of his arm and other injuries as the result of an explosion of a cap on the site of Camp Gordon on February 23, 1929. Limitation on attor SEC. 2. That the United States Employees' Compensation Commis-Monthly disability sion be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal payments authorized. guardian of Ralph LaVern Walker the sum of $50 per month, beginning with the passage of this Act and continuing for the period of eight years: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated Provisos. in this Act in excess of $100 shall be paid or delivered to or received ney's, etc., fees. 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 $100 on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating Penalty for violation. 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: Provided further, That the above amounts shall be in full settlement against the Government. Approved, June 22, 1934. [CHAPTER 737.] AN ACT For the relief of M. N. Lipinski. Payment to be in full settlement. June 24, 1934. [H.R. 7264.] [Private, No. 334.] M. N. Lipinski. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to loss of livestock. pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full and complete settlement, to M. N. Lipinski the sum of $1,100 as reimbursement for damages sustained in the losses of livestock by poisoning as the result of weed-killing experiments conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce on premises used for pasture purposes by M. N. Lipinski: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of ney's, etc., fees. 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 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, June 24, 1934. [CHAPTER 738.] AN ACT For the relief of Arthur A. Burn, Senior, and J. K. Ryland. Penalty for violation. June 24, 1934. [H.R. 7631.] [Private, No. 335.] Arthur A. Burn, Senior, and J. K. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, Ryland. out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise Payment to. appropriated, to Arthur A. Burn, Senior, of Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, the sum of $5,000; and to J. K. Ryland, of Bermuda, Alabama, the sum of $4,246.06, the same being in full satisfaction of any claim they may have against the United States Government on account of the death of Arthur A. Burn, Junior, and J. B. Ryland as a result of having been sent to sea in an admittedly unseaworthy boat or skiff while employed in the United States Coast and Geodetic Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. Survey near Saint Petersburg, Florida, February 3, 1926: 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 Penalty for violation. With said claim, any 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. June 24, 1934. [H.R. 8328.] [Private, No. 336.] C. K. Bowen. Payment to certain heirs of. Approved, June 24, 1934. [CHAPTER 739.] AN ACT For the relief of the heirs of C. K. Bowen, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Mary E. Christenson, Houston, Texas; Mrs. F. N. Heiman, Seabrook, Texas; Mrs. A. B. Christenson, Burbank, California; and C. K. Bowen, Burbank, California, heirs of C. K. Bowen, deceased, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $450.50, for damages sustained by the said heirs of the said C. K. Bowen, deceased, who lost his life during the hurricane of September 8, 1900, when the light station at Halfmoon Shoal, Texas, was demolished, and the said C. K. Bowen, deceased, was drowned, as shown by Public Document Numbered 103 of the Fifty-seventh Congress, first sesLimitation on attor- sion, dated December 7, 1901: 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. Proviso. ney's, etc., fees. June 25, 1934. [8. 3562.] [Private, No. 337.] Robert Rayl. Issued to. Approved, June 24, 1934. [CHAPTER 744.] AN ACT For the relief of Robert Rayl. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Desert land patent the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue patent to Robert Rayl on desert-land entry, Blackfoot, Idaho, numbered 039881, entered by him November 17, 1925, for the northwest quarter, and the west half southwest quarter section 15, township 11 south, range 17 east, Boise (Idaho) meridian. Approved, June 25, 1934. [CHAPTER 745.] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. George Logan and her minor children, Lewis and Barbara June 25, 1934. [H.R. 2416.] [Private, No. 338.] George Logan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, ents, for fatal injury to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000 to Mrs. George Logan and her minor children, Lewis and Barbara Logan, as dependents of George Logan (deceased), who sustained injuries in line of duty and later died of such injuries, which were received while on duty as a prison guard at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Approved, June 25, 1934. [CHAPTER 746.] AN ACT For the relief of Thelma Lucy Rounds. June 25, 1934. [H.R. 3636.] [Private, No. 339.] Thelma Lucy Rounds. Compensation for Limitation on attor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, personal injuries. the sum of $270.28 to Thelma Lucy Rounds, Fall River, Massachusetts, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries received while visiting the United States Ship Bridge at Newport, Rhode Island, on July 12, 1931, when an enlisted man showing visitors a revolver fired a shot through Miss Rounds's leg, causing injuries which resulted in a long period of unemployment: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Proviso. Act in excess of 10 percentum thereof shall be paid or delivered to ney's, etc., fees. 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 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, June 25, 1934. [CHAPTER 747.] AN ACT For the relief of Theodore W. Beland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $32.30 to Theodore W. Beland, an employee of the Lighthouse Service, in full and final settlement for expenses incurred in the operation of a privately owned automobile on Government business during April 1929. Approved, June 25, 1934. Penalty for violation. June 25, 1934. [H.R. 4952.] [Private, No. 340.] Theodore W. Beland June 25, 1934. [H.R. 6622.] [Private, No. 341.] Woods Hole, Mass. Woods Hole Yacht Description. Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to lease certain Government land at Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary land at, leased to of Commerce be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to leasefor such period and on such terms as the Secretary shall deem advisable to the Woods Hole Yacht Club, Incorporated, of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, that portion of the land owned by the United States Government, at Penzance Point, or Long Neck, Woods Hole, bounded and described as follows, namely: Side A, from boundary mark in direction two hundred and twenty-four degrees fourteen minutes forty-five seconds true, a distance of ninety feet, which comes to high-water mark; side B, from boundary mark in direction one hundred and eleven degrees fourteen minutes forty-five seconds true, a distance of two hundred and fifteen feet; side C, from easterly end of side B in direction one hundred and ninety degrees twenty-nine minutes fifteen seconds true, a distance of seventy-four feet, which comes to the high-water mark; side D, from the southerly end of side C in a westerly direction along the irregular high-water line to the southerly end of side A and including the rocks lying offshore: Provided, however, That the Secretary shall not execute such lease Subject to waivers, unless and until all persons who have any interest in said premises under the provisions of the deed of gift conveying to the United States the land of which said parcel is a part, and any Act relating to the conveyance of such premises to the United States, shall have waived and released for the term of such lease all their right, title, United States inter- and interest therein, and shall consent that the said lease shall not operate to divest the United States of the title to said property or any part thereof. etc. Proviso. est not divested. June 26, 1934. [8. 101.] [Private, No. 342.] Robert Gray Fry. Military record corrected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. June 26, 1934. [S. 173.] William Martin and John E. Walsh, Junior. Approved, June 25, 1934. [CHAPTER 766.] AN ACT For the relief of Robert Gray Fry, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, benefits, and privileges upon honorably discharged soldiers Robert Gray Fry, deceased, shall be held and considered as having been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on July 31, 1865, late of Company H, Twenty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 26, 1934. [CHAPTER 767.] AN ACT For the relief of William Martin and John E. Walsh, Junior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William Martin and John E. Walsh, Junior, who have succeeded to and are the sole owners of all right, title, and interest of MartinWalsh (Incorporated) in and to the within claim, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,221.50 |