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 530 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cas. 420-422. 1930. Reduction while re- siding by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That the pension ome in a soldiers' paid under this Act to any Civil War veteran for ny period during which he was actually residing in the United States Soldiers' Home or in any National or State Soldiers' Home shall be reduced at the rate of $25 per month. No attorney 's fee SEC. 6. That no claim agent or attorney or other person shall be r ecogniz ed excep t in claim f or orig inal pen - recognized in the adjustment of claims under this Act, except in siPost, p . 1016. claims for original pension, and in such cases no more than the sum of $10 shall be allowed for service in preparing, presenting, or prose- cuting any such claim, which sum shall be payable only on the order do unishmentforviola- of the Commissioner of Pensions ; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, or shall wrongfully withhold from the pensioner or claimant under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Inconsistent laws SEC. 7. That all Acts and pa rts of Acts in conflict with or incon- modiled. sistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby modified and amended only so far and to the extent herein specifically provided and stated. Approve d, June 9, 19 30. June 9, 1930. [II. R.8801.] [Public, No. 324 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the vey Ala skan Exp edition. Aeri al Sur- United States of America in Congress assembled, That that provision Time limitation of Executive Order Numbered 4576 of January 28, 1927, prescribing waived for recommend- ing awards of distin- conditions for the award of the distinguished-flying cross author- heed flying cross to iz ed by the Act of July 2, 1926, which establishes a limitin g period members of. Vol. 44, p. 789. of two years from the date of the act or achievement meriting the a ward for the initiation of a recommenda tion for such award, may be wai ved in the consideration of t he existing recommendation of the following personnel of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition of the Navy : Lieutenant Wallace M. Dillon ; Lieutenant Richard F. Whitehead ; Lieu tenan t Eug ene F. Bur kett ; Radio Electric ian Claude G. Alexander ; Chief Aviation Pilot Thomas G. Reid ; Pat- rick A. McDonough, chief photographer ; and William J. Murtha, photographer, first class. Approved, J une 9, 1930. Members' names . June 9, 1930. [H.J. Res. 243.] CHAP. 422 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray one- [P ub . Res., No. 83 .] half of the expenses of a joint investigation by the United States and Canada of the probable effects of pr opose d de velop ments to generate electric power from the movement of the tides in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $45,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated to defray one-half of the expenses o f an investigation to be made jointly by the United States and Canada of the probable effects of proposed international devel- opments to generate electric power from the movement of the tides in Pas samaquoddy an d Cobscook Ba ys on the fis heries of th at region, including travel and subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence, compensation of employees, stenographic and other services, rent of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays. Jo int inv esti gati on of effect on fisheries by generating electric pow er from tide mo ve- ments in. Post, pp . 888, 1319. CHAP. 421 .-An Act Waiving the limiting period of two years in Executive Order Numbered 4576 to enable the Board of Awards of the Navy Department to consider recommendation of the award of the distinguished-flying cross to members of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition.

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