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 2149 74'1'11 CONGRESS. SESS. I. CBS. 571, 572. AUGUST 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 57!.} AN ACT AUCUIt 1., las. Authoriaing adjustment of the claim of the Western Union Telegraph Company. (S. 222II~.:s..,I;:;o.""T_ ,Private, No. :D$.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entativelt of the . lrnited State8 of America in Oongre88 as8embled, That the Comp- cr::TeJe. troller General of the United States be, and he is herebyhauthorized Payment or clAim. and directed to aC!just, settle, and pay the claim of t e Western Union Telegraph Company for not to exceed $10,657.57, being the amount which that company paid to the United States as a part of the tarii' for messages dispatched by American officers in .Russia and forwarded to this country through the Western Union Tele- graph Company for which the company has failed to receive any payments due to the collapse of the Russian Government. There Appropriation. IS herebv appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, the sum of $10657.57, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of this claim: Provided, That no part rilo ttor of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum nel:'s, etc., a • thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any a~nt or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered m con- nection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any Pl'nnlty r.)r, · j, ,1atioD. ~rson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any su.m not exceeding $1,000, Approved, August 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 572.] AN ACT A t 19, 11l3.'i. Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to cancel patent in fee __ .Zl!I8~",,-;J"""_ issued to Victoria Arconge. [Pm-ate, No. ~.J Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entatives of the United States of America in Oongress a8semhled, That the Secretary ~tat,~. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed t celed. pa D to, Mn· cancel the patent in fee numbered 527856 issued to Victoria Arconge under date of May 8, 1916, covering her allotment of land on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, described as follows: Lots 582, 583, 586, and 587 of the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota, containing one hundred and sixty acres, and to issue to her a trust patent in lieu thereof covering the same land to be held in trust for her sole use and benefit or, m case of her decease, for the sole use and benefit of her lawful heirs or devisees for the same period under the same conditions as other trust allotments are held on that reservation as extended by the last proclamation of the President rela.ting to the said reservatIon: Prot·ided, That any valid Prori8o Ejti' b t" t f 'd1 dIll' x s nc encum· encum ranees now res mg agams any 0 sal an s la not m any brances. manner be affected by the provisions of this Act, but any of such land so encumbered, if still owned by the allottee, heirs, or devisees, shall, when such encumbrances have been removed, become subject to the provisions of this Act as fully and to the same intent as if such land were now unencumbered. Approved, August 19, 1935.