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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 867. JUNE 29, 1936 . 203 3 purposes", approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat . 979; U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 38, sec. 244), prohibiting payment of a fee in case of commuta- tion in lieu of an artificial limb; that part of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thir- tieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes", approved May 28, 1908 (35 Stat . 419; U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 38, see. 1 13), prohibiting compensation for procuring pension legislation, or any Acts or parts of Acts prohibiting the payment of fees in claims for benefits administered by the Veterans' Administration . Except as A Re peel herein provided, all Acts or Veterans Regulations, or parts thereof, pertaining to recognition of organizations or recognition of or pay- ment of fees to agents, attorneys, or other persons, for the prep- aration, presentation, or prosecution of claims for benefits adminis- tered by the Veteran s' Admi nistrati on are hereby r epealed . TITLE III-AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBPENA, MAKE INVESTIGATIONS, AND ADM INI STE R OATHS SEC. 300. For the purposes of the laws administered by the Vet- erans' Administration, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and those employees to whom the Administrator may delegate such authority, to the extent of the authority so delegated, shall have the power to issue subpenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles from the place of hearing, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to take affidavits, to administer oaths and affirmations, to aid claimants in the preparation and presentation of claims, and to make investigations and examine witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdi ction of the Ad ministr ation. Any person required by such subpena to attend as a witness shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. SEC. 301 . Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or examination, when cer tified under the hand of any such employee b y whom it was administered or taken and authenticated by the seal of the Vet- era ns' Admi nistrat ion, may be off ered or used in any co urt of t he United States and without further proof of the identity or authority of such employee shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before a clerk of such court. SEC. 302. In case of disobedience to any such subpena, the aid of any district court of the United States or the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia may be invoked in requiring the attendance and testimo ny of w itnesses and th e produc tion of docume ntary ev i- dence, and such court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or to any other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. SEC. 303. Section 8 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (43 Stat. 609; U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 38, sees. 431 and 432); paragraph XX of Veterans' Re IT Numbered 10 (U. S. C., 1934 ed ., title 38, ch . 12, appendix; section 474 of the Revised Stat- utes (U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 38, sec. 121); section 4744 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 ed ., title 38, sec. 121); section 3 of the Ac t entit led "An Act mak ing appr opriati ons for the pay ment of invalid and oth er pensi ons of the Unit ed Stat es for the fisc al 104019'-S6	128 Vol .26,p.979. U.S.C.,p.1639. Vol.35 p.419. U.S . a.,p.1629. of cer tain Title III-Authority to Issue Subpena, Ma ke I nves tiga tion s, and Admi nister Oaths . Delegation of Ad- ministrator's author- ity . Fees and mileage alƒ lowed witnesses . Judicial notice of official seal . Enforc ement of sub ƒ pens . Penalty for failure to obey . Sectio ns repeale d . Vol.43,p.609;U.S. C.,p.1658. U.S.C.,p.1702. R.S.,sec.474,p.80; U.S.C.,p.1630. R . S., see. 4744, p. 92 3; U.S.C.,p.1630.