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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 302, 304, 310-JUNE 7, 8, 9 , 1937 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,298.50 in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of construction charges on a grant of thirty- seven and one-tenth acres of land in the Sun River irrigation project in the State of Montana upon which the said Great Northern Rail- way Company proposed to locate and construct a line of railway under the Act of March 3, 1875, which line of railway was never constructed, and which grant was canceled by court decree in April, 1921: 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, June 7, 1937. 981 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 304] AN ACT For the relief of Eliza Boykin. June 8, 1937 [H. R. 3926] [Prph. -t- a 1-71 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Eliza Boykin. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, ay tt out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $4,088 to Eliza Boykin, of Algiers, Louisiana, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation due her as the unmarried widow of Archie Boykin, deceased, the checks for which compensa- tion were received by another person without the knowledge of the said Eliza Boykin and cashed by such other person, who received the money paid thereon: Provided, That no part of the amount iProoio. appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall ney's, etc. , fees. t 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be Penalty for viola- deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 8, 1937. [CHAPTER 310] AN ACT For the relief of John W. Bolin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pro- visions and limitations of sections 17 and 20 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in the case of John W. Bolin, of Salem, Oregon; and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim filed with the Com- mission, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, by said John W. Bolin for medical treatment under the provisions of said Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, for disability alleged June 9, 1937 [H. R. 1232] [Private, No. 128] John W. Bolin. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U..S. §§ 767,770.

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