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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · March 28, 1939 · Public Law 15

Public Law 15.

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(/us/pl/76/14)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Choctaw and Chickasaw Sanatorium and General Hospital.Conveyance of land, buildings, etc., to United States. That the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation be, and they are hereby, authorized to grant and convey to the United States of America, with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, not less than one hundred and sixty acres and all buildings and improvements thereon comprising the Choctaw and Chickasaw Sanatorium and General Hospital.
Approved, March 28, 1939. To authorize an appropriation to pay non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, but who have been found entitled to awards under said Act as supplemented by the Act of May 31, 1933. 1939-03-28 22 Chapter 53 Stat. 553 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public 53 Stat. 553 [CHAPTER 22] AN ACT To authorize an appropriation to pay non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, but who have been found entitled to awards under said Act as supplemented by the Act of May 31, 1933. March 28, 1939[[S. 1476](/us/bill/76/s/1476)][[Public, No. 15](/us/pl/76/15)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there is Indian pueblos in New Mexico.Non-Indian claimants, appropriation authorized for payment of increased compensation, etc., to certain.[43 Stat. 636](/us/stat/43/636).hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum to compensate white settlers or non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 1, 1924 (43 Stat.
L. 636), but who have been, found by the Secretary of the Interior, in conformity with the proviso to section 3 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. L. 108, 109), [48 Stat. 109](/us/stat/48/109).to be entitled to increased compensation by reason of errors in the amount of award previously allowed, or entitled to original awards by reason of errors in the omission of legitimate claimants, the non-Indian claimants, or their successors, as found and reported by the Secretary of the Interior, to be compensated out of said appropriation to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the amounts found to be due them, including $1,000 Alberto Cruz.Payment to, authorized.to be paid to Alberto Cruz for his house, as follows:
Within the Pueblo of Taos, $9,733.05; within the Pueblo of San Felipe, $93; in all, $9,826.05: *Provided*, That no part of the amounts *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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall Penalty for violation.be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, March 28, 1939. Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal. 1939-03-28 24 Chapter 53 Stat. 553 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 24] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal.
March 28, 1939[[H. J. Res. 163](/us/bill/76/hjres/163)][
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