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 2294 PrOfli,o. No prior benefits. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS.409-411. MAY 15, 1936. employed as a deckhand on the United States dredge Clatrop, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is author- ized and directed to consider a.nd act upon any claim filed by him Wlder the provisions of such Act, as amended, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, for compensation for dis- ability resulting from injuries received by him on September 15, 1928, while cleaning, in the ~rformance of his duties as such em- ployee, certain sand chutes: Pro'vided, That compensation, if any, shall be paid from and after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved, l\fay 15, 1936. [CHAPTER 410.] AN ACT May 15, 1936. -- ,-;:;:-.. ,. -'[':':-S.;., ;;.3.. .. .24;-1.' -:1:-:;;-; ,-- Authorizing adjustmcnt of thc claims of F. L. Forbes, John L. Abbot, and the [Private, Xo. 5 .57.1 Ralph Sollitt and Sons Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate an</ lIOU8e of Rep1'e."<enta.ti'nes of the otKert· Forbes, and United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Comp- Payment to. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claims of F. L . Forbes for $1,035.30 as amount of judgment and costs in his favor, in the United States District Court at Lynchburg, Virginia, against Ralph Sollitt and Sons Constrnction Company, contractor for the construction of a Government building under contract Tisa-31H8, dated May 26, 1932, concerning a party wall; a claim of John L. Abbot for $350 as attorney's fees for assisting in the defense of Ralph Sollitt and Sons Construction Company in such suit; and the claim of Ralph Sollitt and Sons Construction Company for a balance of $248.30 on account of its costs in connection with the matter, and to allow said amounts in full and final settlement of their respective claims. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,633.60, or so much thereof f[:i~:tion on Bttor. as may be n(lcessary, for the payment of said claims: Prodded, ney's, etc., fees. That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the Penalt.yConiolation. contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeollor an<1 upon COIl- viction thereof shall be fillt'd in any f:UJll not exceeding $1:000. Approved, :May 15, 1936. [CHAPTER 411.] AN ACT May 15, 1936. ~[,:=:S.:..;;34760F·~)=-< _ To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the persons entitled to [Private, No. r .58.1 compensation on account of Private Claim Ill, Parct'l 1, Nalllbc Pueblo grant. Be it enoct('d l)y tile S('nate aruT. lIouse of Rep)'('lientati1H'8 of the, N BmbePueblogrant, United Stmes of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary N. Mex. • • , Pe.rl!<lDS el}titJed to of the InterIOr be, and he is hereby, authorized to find and deter- partiCipate ID award • th .Id . . . to be ascertained. mme e person or persons entIt e to partIcIpate m the award of Compensation. Vol. 48 , p. lOll. the Pueblo Lands Board in Private Claim 111, Parcell, Nambe Pueblo grant. The finding of the Secretary of the Interior shall be final and conclusive, and the person or persons so found entitled shall be compensated out of the appropriations authorized by section 3 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. L ., 108-109). Approved, :May 15, 1936.