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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 884 -886AUGUST 28, 1937 [CHAPTER 884] August 28, 1937 [S. 2299] [Private, No. 401] M. M. Twichel. Payment to. Provisos. Condition. Limitation onattor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 28, 1937 S. 2301] [Private, No. 402] Lois H. Anthony. Credit in accounts. Albert J. E. Shay. Judgments can- celed. August 28, 1937 IS. 2374] [Private, No. 403] F. A. Gross and others. Credit in accounts. AN ACT For the relief of M. M. Twichel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to M. M. Twichel, of Saint Ignatius, Montana, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,346.66, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in full and complete satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with the burial of Indians on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, prior to April 30, 1937: Provided, That before any payment is made hereunder the Secre- tary of the Interior shall certify that no part of the amount claimed has heretofore been paid: 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 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 885] AN ACT For the relief of Lois H. Anthony and Albert J. E. Shay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General is authorized and directed to cancel the charges, in the amount of $8,819.36, entered on the accounts of Lois H. Anthony, as clerk in charge of the post office at the Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, by reason of the disallowance by the General Accounting Office of payments made to the said Lois H. Anthony by the Post Office Department for her services in conducting such post office during the period from December 6, 1926, to June 1, 1936. SEc. 2. That the Comptroller General is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the judgments, in the amount of $1,760, entered on the accounts of Albert J. E. Shay, as clerk in charge of the contract post office at the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, by reason of the disallowance by the General Accounting Office of payments made to the said Albert J. E. Shay by the Post Office Department for his services in conducting such post office under a contract effective June 1, 1934. Approved, August 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 886] AN ACT For the relief of F. A. Gross and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of F. A. Gross, Super- intendent of the Fort Hall Indian Agency; Donald H. Biery, Super- intendent of the Sherman Institute; Lem A. Towers, Superintendent 1102

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