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 MTATH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION'-CHS. S12 -S14 - -AUGUST 25, 1037 [CHAPTER 812] AN ACT For the relief of Helen Niehaus. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of the current appropriation for "Pay, Subsistence and Transportation, Navy", to Helen Niehaus, of Newport, Kentucky, mother of John Albert Niehaus, late coxswain, United States Navy, who died on October 3, 1930, at the Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California, a sum equal to six months' pay at the rate received by John Albert Niehaus at the time of his death: Provided,That Helen Niehaus shall first establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy that she was actually dependent upon her son, John Albert Niehaus, at the time of his death, and the determination of such fact by the Secretary of the Navy shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting offices of the Government. Approved, August 25, 1937. [CHAPTER 813] AN ACT To authorize the cancelation of deportation proceedings in the case of John Grinwood Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the outstanding order and warrant of deportation issued pursuant to section 14 of the Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 153, sec. 214) in the case of John Grinwood Taylor, any provision of existing law to the contrary not- withstanding. From and after the date of the approval of this Act, John Grinwood Taylor shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same fact upon which the outstanding proceedings rest. Approved, August 25, 1937. August 25, 1937 [H. R. 6316] [Private, No. 362] Helen Niehaus. Navy gratuity pay, for death of son. Ante, p. 104. Proviso. Dependence to be established. August 25, 1937 [H. R. 6468] [Private, No. 363] John Grinwood Taylor. Deportation order canceled. 43 Stat. 162. 8 U.S .C. §214. [CHAPTER 814] AN ACT For the relief of Ragsdale and Knauss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ('ongresssas.bled,That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ragsdale and Knauss, a shorthand reporting partnership doing business in Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $799, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for stenographically reporting and tran- scribing hearings before a special investigating committee of the Federal Power Conlmmission, the General Accounting Office having disallowed payment thereof on the ground that there was no authority of law under which such payment could be made: Provided, 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 25, 1937. August 25, 1937 [H. R. 996] [Private, No. 364] nagsdale and Klnauss. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 1085

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