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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 935-938 . 1928. 2013 OHAP. 936 .- An Act For ~he relief of Mattie Holcomb. !hy~,l928. [8.1(34.) . t,,71. he0 - JH fR ''/ he {Private, No. :lu.] Be it enac e", v'!l t ~erur.te a/WI <:nt,se 0 "epresentatwes 0, _ t lJnited States of Arn..erica Vn Oongress assem1Jled, That Mattie Hol- N:~eTarmstroBot (talk)m~y comb, mother of Henry Grady Holcomb, alias Henry Grady Hal- to,ondeathofllOn. comb, late ship's cook, second class, United States Navy, is hereby allowed an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate said Henry Grady Holcomb was receiving at the date of his death: Provided, teOOi.ro<ience That the said Mattie Holcomb establishes to the satisfaction of the estab~ed. to be Secretary of the Navy the fact that she was dependent upon her so~ the late Henry Grady Holcomb, at the time of his death. l:jEC. 2 . That the payment of the amount of money allowed and Fund available. authorized to be paid to the said Ma.ttie Holcomb is authorized to be made from the appropriation" Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel." Approved, May 29, 1928. May 29, 192!!. OHAP. 936. -An Act For the relief of the Near East Relief (Incorporated). [S.1287.) [PrIvate, No. 242.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assemJ>led, That the Secretary cr:~r::~ Rellef of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel and 88lc~Pe1fr abandon the claim in the sum of $632,669 with interest for United to,e~ceIed. pro y States property sold in 1919 to the Near East Relief (Incorporated), for use in relieving and supplying the pressing needs of the ~ples of the countries involved in the late war: Provided, That the Near =on. East Relief (Incorporated) shall first cancel all claims of whatever kind and description the said Near East Relief. (lncorporated) now holds against the United States Government. Approved, May 29, 1928. ORAP. 937. -An Act For the relief of J. F. Nichols. May 29, 1928. -r.<~[S~.7114.) [PrIvate, No. 243~ Be it enacted by the Senate and HOUfJe of Representative8 of the United State8 of America in Oongre88 assembled, That the Sec:retary ~r ~ICh?ls. at of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay line tou:" 0 exO!Jlll! to J. F . Nichols, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $200 for the purpose of refunding to J. F . Nichols the said sum paid in p-xcess as a fine to the clerk of the United States district court at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the case of the United States against John Nichols, numbered 463. Approved, May 29, 1928. ORAP. 938. -An Act For the relief of Captain Clarence Barnard. May 29, 1928. lB. 606 .) {Private, No. llH .J Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the Umted States of. A merica, in Oongr6!s a8sem1>led, That the Secretary BTarmstroBot (talk)Arm~,1arence of the Treasury IS authorIzed and dIrected to pay, out of any money Compensation to, for in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated 1 to Captain Clarence bIeIlnaervioe. Barnard, Ordnance Department, the sum ot $1,374.21, because of losses sustained by him while in the service. Approved, May 29, 1928. 54836°-29-PT 2--22

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