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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 638-640 -JUNE 23, 1938 Citizenship papers predicated on lawful entry deemed valid. Conditions. ary 1921. Any declaration of intention to become a citizen or any petition for citizenship heretofore filed by or any admission to citizenship ordered and certificate of naturalization heretofore issued to said Joseph Brum and Gussie Brum, which were predicated upon the claim of lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence in January 1921, shall hereafter be deemed valid unless the original seven-year period of validity of such declaration of intention has heretofore expired or said Joseph Brum and Gussie Brum has heretofore been found otherwise not eligible to such benefit under the naturalization laws. Approved, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 639] June 23, 1938 IH. R. 9130] (Private, No. 705] Marshall Carver. Payment to. P"mIto. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Marshall Carver. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Marshall Carver, of Simpson, Louisiana, the sum of $3,500 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries suffered by him when a wagon he was driving was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on Louisiana State High- way Numbered 504, near Simpson, Louisiana, November 6, 1935: 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 re- ceived by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 640] June 23, 1938 [H. R. 9196] [Private, No. 706] J. T. Burt and Alice Burt. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of J. T. Burt and Alice Burt. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. T. Burt and to his wife, Alice Burt, of Weir, Mississippi, the sum of $240 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for the loss of that sum resulting from the error of an agent of the Resettlement Administration, now the Farm Security Admin- istration, in filling in an option contract for the sale of one hundred and twenty acres of land in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to the United States, it being mutually understood and agreed by and between J. T. Burt and Alice Burt and the agents of the United States that the said land would be sold for the sum of $12.50 per acre, whereas through error the option agreement fixed the sale price 1390 [52 STAT.

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