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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.723-726. 1929. second session, the same to be accepted in full settlement of all advances and expenditures and interest thereon made by said State. Approved, March 4, 1929. CRAP. 724 .-An Act For the relief of J. Edward Burke. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to J. Edward Burke, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise &ppropri- ated, the sum of $2,000, the amount of '" fine paid by J. Edward Burke in pursuance of a judgment entered upon a plea nolo contendere under certain provisions of the so-called Lever Act previous to the time that the Supreme Court of the United States held such pro- visions void, the said plea and said payment being made under a stipulation as follows: "In consideration that the Attorney General and this court shall acce{'t the plea nolo contendere which I hereby tender to the above-entitled indictment, I do hereby waive any and all fines which the court may see fit to impose upon me, upon such plea, except in the event that the so-called Lever Act under which. said indictment is found shall be declarp.d unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States and that no prosecution could be sustained upon the facts .stated in said indictment." Approved, March 4, 1929. CHAP. 7Z6.- An Act For the relief of the Merrill Engineering Company. 2379 March 4, 1929. [II. R . 3<K7.] !Private, No. 563.] 1, Edward Burke. Refund of fino. Oonslderation tor, March4,lm. [H. R . IOSI7.] [Private, No. SM.] Be it eruwted by the SeMte mnd HtnuJe of RepresenJ;atives of the United States of America in Oongress a8semlJled, That in any suit OMerrill Engineering brought within four months after the enactment of this act by the '::nbrlng snit to MerrIll Engineering Company, of Jackson, Mississippi, against the ;;[ra r.%"~ United States in the United States District Court for the Southern trlctcourt. ' District of Mississippi, to recover compensation for' extra work performed by such comp-any under a contract dated September 25, 1925, between the Merrill Engineering Company and M. C. Tyler, major, United States Army, representmg the Umted States] for the construction of a brick pavement on the bridge roadway ot Wilson Dam, located near Sheffield, Alabama, the failure of such company to comply with the provisions of paragraph 38 of the specifications of such contract shall not constitute a defense to the United States. Approved, March 4, 1929. A G · . . March 4, 1m. CRAP. 726.- n Act rantmg pensIOns and Increase of pensions to certain III. R. 16818 .] soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and so forth, and certain ""!Private. No.I!66.1 soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors. Be it enacted by the Senate and HtnuJe of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress a8semlJled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pensi9n roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. The name of Mary Rowe Welsh, widow of John F. Welsh, late of Company F, Second Regiment Missouri Infantry, war with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month. Pension.! . l'enslons. Mary Rowe Welsh.

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