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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 612, 613. AUGUST 22.1935. 2159 and 'Vilmington, North Carolina, who was held up and killed in the early morning hours of March 15,1931, while in the performance of his duties: Pro'Uided, That no part of the amount appropriated o:t"'taiioa on at&or- in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or ..,.-. . .e o., f_ . delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection 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 appro- priated 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 person violating the provisions Penaltyforvio!:tt!on. of this Act shall be deemed g~ilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 22, 1935. [CHAPTER 613.] AN ACT To grant a patent to Albert M. Johnson and Walter Scott. August 22, 1935. [H. R. 24;6.1 [Prlvate;N"o. 256-:]- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lj-n -ited States of America in Oongress assembled, That subject to an~lt:sO:tn prior valid existing rights the Secretary of the Interior is hereby Land patent to. authorized to issue a patent to Albert M. Johnson and/or Walter Scott (Death Vnl~ey Scotty) for the following-described land in the Death Valley NatIonal Monument upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre or under any applicable fublic-Iand law subject, however, to the reservation of such rights-o - way as the said Seere- tary may determine to be necessary or advisable for use in connec- tion with the administration of said monument, to wit: Those parts of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, township 11 south, range 42 east; and those parts of sections 5, 6, and 7, township 11 south, range 43 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, occupied by Albert M. Johnson and/or Walter Scott in the forn1 of UpIX'r and Lower Grapevine Ranches and marked on the ground by con- crete fence posts according to the Roger Wilson survey of 1931 and on file in the General Land Office; also the remainder of the south- west quarter northwest quarter section 10, township 11 south, range 42 east, and south half northwest quarter (lots 11 and 12) section 6, township 11 sonth, range 43 east; containing, in all, approximately one thousand five hundred acres: Provided, That such patent shall contain a r(lservation to the United States of all the minerals the land may contain, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, such minerals to be subject to disposal by the United States only as may hereafter be expressly authorized bv law: And provided further, That such land shall not be used for an'y pur- pose inconsistent with the rules and regulations governing national monuments: And provided further, That in the eVE'nt of transfer of title to the whole of this property or any estate therein by either one or both patentees, by voluntary conveyance or by operation of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized to rt'acquire the land by purchase, cond(lmnation, or otherwise out of sueh funds as may be made available by Congress for this purpose. Approved, August 22, 1935. Payment, etc. Dellcriptlon. ProriMl8. Minerals reserved. Limitation on use. Transfer prn\"i~itlns.