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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 285,293,294. 1929. 2323 Artillery, Thirty-sixth Division, shall hereafter be held and consid- ered to have been discharged honorably from the military service of the United States as : private of that organization on the 16th No bIlck1lI'7. day of April, 1918. That no back payor allowances shall accrue by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 20, 1929. February 21j Hm. OHAP. 29S. -An Act For the relief of Mary L. Roebken and Esther M. [8. ~. Roebken. [Private, No. 39i.) Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e ot Re~e8entative8 of the U'lllited State8 of A'I'1U1'ica in Oongre88 a88em1Jled, That the Secretary Mary L. and Estbe.. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, Mp00:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)~o.fordam. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the ages. sum of $2,500 to Mary L. Roebken and Esther M. Roebken, in full settlement of all claims for damages growing out of a collision of an ArmY' ambulance, operated by the United States, with a Ford car in which said Mary L. Roebken and Esther M. Roebken were riding on Sixteenth Street, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on July 20,1924. SEC. 2 . That no part of the amount appropriated in this bill in ~rlction on attor· excess of 8 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or ney 5 00. received by any agent or agents, attorney, or attorneys on account of services rendered or advances made in connection with said claim. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall Violation a mi8de- be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be meanor. fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 21, 1929. OHAP. 294.- An Act For the relief of Frederick D. Swank. [Private. No. ~5.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and H O'U8e of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress aBsembled, That the Secretary Frederick D. Swank. of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of ic!~de;.serv. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frederick D. Swank, his heirs or aSSIgns, the sum of $22,000 for extra time and services required and materials furnished bY' him in removing oil residue from the wreck of the oil tanker Alden Anderson, and the sum of $250 for services and materials furnished in maintaining lights upon the wreck during the period of his contract with the United States for the removal of such wreck. The acceptance of such sums shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States with respect to such removal of oil residue and maintenance of lights. . SEC. 2. That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the District in~la. ~i r:; Court of the United States for the Northern District of California ~'Alddn ~ndcr:~' r~ to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of said b. Frederick D. Swank against the United States for the reasonable value of all services and materials furnished by him for which the United States is found legally liable under his contract with the United States for the removal of the wreck of the oil tanker Alden Anderson; except that there shall be deducted from any such judg. ment all sums paid prior to the approval of this Act to said Frederick D. Swank with respect to such removal. Such claim shall be insti- 10mmencement of tuted prior to January 1,1930. Appeals from any judgment rendered swAPpeal. upon such claim shall be had as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under paragraph 20 of section 24 of the Vol. 36. p. 1092. Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, February 21, 1929.

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