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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · April 5, 1918 · Private Law 721

Private Law 721.

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(/us/pvt/74/720)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary“Betsy Ross,” schooner.Payment to owners, etc., of. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, jointly to Amos D. Carver, S. E. Turner, Clifford N. Carver, Scott Blanchard, P. B. Blanchard, James B. Parse, A. N. Blanchard, and W. A. Blanchard, owners of the schooner Betsy Ross and/or to the widows of any of said owners as may be deceased at the time of payment, each to receive of the amount hereby appropriated the portion thereof to which her husband would be entitled if living, the sum of $35,916.68, in full and final settlement of all claims against the United States for loss or losses which they may have suffered by reason of the interference with, the delays to, the enforced cancelation of the private charter of, and the appropriation of the use of, the schooner Betsy Ross by the United States Shipping Board or other governmental agencies at the port of Melbourne, Australia, on or about April 5, 1918: *Provided*, That no part of the amount*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. 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. Any person violating thePenalty for violation. 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 29, 1936. Authorizing the issuance of a patent to certain lands in the State of Montana to Florence Kerr Facey. 1936-06-29 870 Chapter 49 Stat. 2367 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 74 2 private [CHAPTER 870.] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent to certain lands in the State of Montana to Florence Kerr Facey.
June 29, 1936.[[S. 3733](/us/bill/74/s/3733)][[Private, No. 721](/us/pvt/74/721)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That notwithstandingFlorence Kerr Facey.Land patent to.Vol. 38, p. 509.[U. S. C., p. 1340](/us/usc/p1340). the provisions and limitations of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals”, approved July 17, 1914, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue, upon payment of final commissions, to Florence Kerr Facey, of Havre, Montana, an unrestricted patent to the east half northwest quarter, and lots 1 and 2, section 19, township 32 north, range 33 east, Montana principal meridian (Great Falls, 053718), upon her filing an abstract of title to the land showing her to be the equitable owner thereof, save for the pendency of any application for a permit or lease thereof under the Act approved February 25, 1920, and paying into the land officeVol. 41, p. 437. at Great Falls, Montana, the sum of $6.
Approved, June 29, 1936. Validating certain conveyances by Kickapoo Indians of Oklahoma made prior to February 17, 1933, providing for actions in partition in certain cases. 1936-06-29 871 Chapter 49 Stat. 2368 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 74 2 private 2368 [CHAPTER 871.] AN ACT Validating certain conveyances by Kickapoo Indians of Oklahoma made prior to February 17, 1933, providing for actions in partition in certain cases.
June 29, 1936.[[S. 4152](/us/bill/74/s/4152)][
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