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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · May 8, 1916 · Private Law 237

Private Law 237.

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(/us/pvt/74/236).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Victoria Arconge. Land patent to, canceled. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel the patent in fee numbered 527856 issued to Victoria Arconge under date of May 8, 1916, covering her allotment of land on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, described as follows: Lots 582, 583, 586, and 587 of the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota, containing one hundred and sixty acres, and to issue to her a trust patent in lieu thereof covering the same land to be held in trust for her sole use and benefit or, in case of her decease, for the sole use and benefit of her lawful heirs or devisees for the same period under the same conditions as other trust allotments are held on that reservation as extended by the last proclamation of the President relating to the said reservation: *Provided,* That any valid *Proviso.* Existing encumbrances. encumbrances now resting against any of said land shall not in any manner be affected by the provisions of this Act, but any of such land so encumbered, if still owned by the allottee, heirs, or devisees, shall, when such encumbrances have been removed, become subject to the provisions of this Act as fully and to the same intent as if such land were now unencumbered.
Approved, August 19, 1935. For the relief of Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, John A. Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. W. McNear, Incorporated, or their successors in interest. 1935-08-19 573 Chapter 49 Stat. 2150 74 1 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 2025-01-07 private 2150 [CHAPTER 573.] AN ACT For the relief of Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, John A.
Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. W. McNear, Incorporated, or their successors in interest. August 19, 1935.[[S. 2635](/us/bill/74/s/2635).][[Private, No. 237](/us/pvt/74/237).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, and others. Payment to. 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 $78,025.83, with interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from May 19, 1927, to the date of the approval of this Act, jointly, to Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, John A.
Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. W. McNear, Incorporated, or their successors in interest, upon receipt by the Secretary of State of satisfactory releases from the respective claimants of all claims for damages resulting from the capture on January 27, 1916, and subsequent use by the British Government of the steamship Edna, as recommended in the decision rendered on December 22, 1934, by the arbitrator, John Clark Knox, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. *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 contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for violation.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, August 19, 1935. For the relief of Walter C. Price and Joseph C. Le Sage. 1935-08-19 574 Chapter 49 Stat. 2150 74 1 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 2025-01-07 private [CHAPTER 574.] AN ACT For the relief of Walter C. Price and Joseph C. Le Sage. August 19, 1935.[[S. 2751](/us/bill/74/s/2751).][
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