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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cris. 733, 734. 1926. 8(YZ Sno. 5. That the pension or increase in the rate of pension herein ,U§]@*_@Fi‘*‘““*‘*°° *’ provided for, as to all persons whose names are now on the pension i` S roll, or who are now in receipt of a pension under existing law, shall commence at the rates herein rovided on the fourth day of the next __ __ _  _ V month after the approval of this Act; and as to persons whose names I °‘ uw ‘*m‘°"‘“`“ are not now on the pension roll, or who are not now in receipt of a pension under existin law, but who may be entitled to a pension under the provisions 0% this Act, such pensions shall commence from the date of tiling ap lication therefor in the Bureau of Pensions after the approval of) this Act in such form as may be prescribed H, by the Secretar of the Interior: Pro/vided, That no one while an rmxiiié Oz wvaaerr inmate of the Uihited States Soldiers’ Home, or of any National or }§§§€;,f“°‘ °° '““"'° State soldiers’ home shall be entitled to, or be paid the increased Ch k f ,0 d rates provided in this Act; and the issue of a check in payment of a perisiiiiher sin (§§iSi`°°¤r pension for which the execution and submission of a voucher was ‘h""“°“*· not required shall constitute ayment in the event of the death of the nsioner on or after the lizst day of the eriod covered by such checliij and it shall not be canceled, but shall liecome an asset of the estate of the deceased pensioner. _ _ Sno. 6. That no claim agent, attorney, or other person shall con- i,,§§§f§f§Qf§§;, im "”‘ tract for, demand, receive, or retain a fee for services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting claims for the increase of pension ro- vided for in this Act; and no more than the sum of $10 shall) be allowed for such services in other claims thereunder, which sum shall be payable only on the order of the Commissioner of Pensions; _ _ _ and any person who shall directly or indirectly otherwise contract ;,,§§§?hm“”” M `M for, demand, receive, or retain a fee for services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any claim under this Act, or shall wrong- fully withhold from the pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension allowed or due to such pensioner or claimant under this Act shall be deemed uilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for each and every such offense be lined not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the disc1·etion of the court. Sno. 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with or incon· m$(§§,f,§l°“”*’ ‘“‘" sistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby modified and amended only so far and to the extent as herein specifically ro- P _. vided and stated: Provided, That the provisions of this Ao shall niiiiMi¤r_n.»xp1a·s, in no way, manner, or substance modify, limit, or impair the soldier, °‘§=;,§{°f,f‘;{"g§{‘· sailor, or marine’s right and title to the rate of $72 provided in the second section of the Act of May 1, 1920. Approved, July 3, 1926. July 3. 19*26. CHAP. 734.--—An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of C1aims_to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment in claims which the Crow Tribe lP"l’l‘°· N"‘ mi of Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcprcsentatirvea of the _ United States of America in Ooagrcss assembled That jurisdiction Ei£;°§,§"%if°E,0w.¤g be and is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims, with ri ht §;},§,,$‘ ,,’,§`g‘°su,,‘3$j, of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by eitger v.oCmirto1`Ciaima. party, notwithstanding lapse of time or statutes of limitationsyto rear, adj udicate, and render judgment in any and all claims arising under or growing out of the treaty of Fort Laramie, dated September 17, 1851 ((]Second Kappler, page 594), between the United States ,,,15 W and the row Indian Nation and the treaty dated May 7, 1868 °' ‘p“ ' Sfdfteenth Statutes, page 649), between the United States and t e Crow Indian Nation, or arisi under or wing out of the Executive order dated July 2, 1l£l§3 i (First lgirgpler, page 855),