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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3 D SESS.-CHS. 164-166, 177-APR. 15, 26, 1938 be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- Penalty for viola- son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of aon misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 165] AN ACT For the relief of W. 0. West. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to W. O. West, Percilla, Texas, the sum of $400, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the appraised value of his automobile, which was stolen February 7, 1937, seized on March 2, 1937, by investigators of the Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, forfeited to the United States on April 24, 1937, and subse- quently delivered to the Department of Agriculture for official use: 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, April 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 166] AN ACT To extend the Metlakahtla Indians' Citizenship Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of the Act approved May 7, 1934, entitled "An Act granting citizen- ship to the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska" (48 Stat. 667) are hereby extended to Charles A. Ryan, an Indian of the Tsimshian Tribe, born in British Columbia, Canada, who is now a bona fide permanent resident of Metlakahtla, in the Annette Islands Reserve, Alaska, and who is a member of the Metlakahtlan Community. Approved, April 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 177] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Tidewater Construction Corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Tidewater Construction Corporation against the United States for damages alleged to have been sustained by Tidewater Construc- tion Corporation on June 4, 1936, by reason of the steamship Daniel Webster, then owned by the United States, and in tow of the tug Hawk, also owned by the United States, colliding with and doing damage to certain portions of the fender piling and other parts of the James River Bridge near Newport News, Virginia, which the said April 15, 1938 [5. 3130] [Private, No. 493] W.O.West. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 15, 1938 [8. 3464] [Private, No. 494] Charles A. Ryan. Citizenship granted to. 48 Stat. 667. 8U.S.C. § 3b, 3c. April 26,1938 [H. R. 39151 [Private, No. 495] Tidewater Con- structionCorporation. Jurisdiction con- ferred upon district court to hear, etc., claim of. 1299

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