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 1318 May 24, 1938 [H. R. .6410] [Private, No. 633] Mary Lord Harri- son. Pension granted to. May 25, 1938 [8.2967] (Private, No. 634] t a PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 272, 278, 286-MAY 24, 25, 26, 1938 [52 STAT. [CHAPTER 272] AN ACT Granting a pension to Mary Lord Harrison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Lord Harrison, widow of Benjamin Harrison, late a President of the United States, and pay her a pension at the rate of $5,000 per annum. Approved, May 24, 1938. [CHAPTER 278] AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General to settle and adjust the claim of Tiffany Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ioTn coany . United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- Adljent oflaim troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Tiffany Construction Company for reimbursement of expenses incurred in repairing a trailer owned by the company which was damaged while loaned to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, during September 1936, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim Appropriation. the sum of not to exceed $174.50. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $174.50, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the pay- Liitation on at- ment of the claim: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- orney's, et., e. priated 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 Penalty for viola- be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any ion. 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, May 25, 1938. t¢ t May 2, 1938 [S. 17001 [Private, No. 535] William A. Patter- son and others. Payment to. [CHAPTER 2861 AN ACT For the relief of William A. Patterson, Albert E. Rust, Louis Pfeiffer; and John L. Nesbitt and Cora B. Geller, as executors under the will of James T. Bentley. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William A. Pat- terson, Albert E. Rust, and Louis Pfeiffer, surviving members of the firm of Patterson and Company, a copartnership doing business in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 31, 1920; and John L. Nesbitt and Cora B. Geller as executors under the will of James T. Bentley, a deceased member of said firm, the sum of $46,670.34, in full settle- ment of all their claims against the United States for refund of a pay- ment made by Patterson and Company in compliance with regulations promulgated on or about May 21, 1918, by the Wool Section of the War Industries Board, which regulations have since been held to be invalid by the Circuit Courts of Appeals for the First and Fourth Circuits, and was made under protest and upon condition that it be

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