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 53 STAT.] 7 6TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 22, 24-MAR. 28, 1939 [CHAPTER 22] AN ACT To authorize an appropriation to pay non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, but who have been found en- titled to awards under said Act as supplemented by the Act of May 31, 1933. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum to compensate white settlers or non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. L . 636), but who have been found by the Secretary of the Interior, in conformity with the proviso to section 3 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. L . 108, 109), to be entitled to increased compensation by reason of errors in the amount of award previously allowed, or entitled to original awards by reason of errors in the omission of legitimate claimants, the non- Indian claimants, or their successors, as found and reported by the Secretary of the Interior, to be compensated out of said appropria- tion to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the amounts found to be due them, including $1,000 to be paid to Alberto Cruz for his house, as follows: Within the Pueblo of Taos, $9,733.05; within the Pueblo of San Felipe, $93; in all, $9,826.05: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, 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, March 28, 1939. [CHAPTER 24] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Coonlgress assembled, That in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal to the commerce of the world the 15th day of August 1939 is hereby made a public holiday in the Canal Zone and all officers and employees of the Federal Government on the Isthmus of Panama whose services are not required by the demands of the public service may be excused from duty all day on that day without loss of the pay which they would receive for an ordinary day's work. SEC. 2. That the Governor of the Panama Canal may authorize suitable ceremonies in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal and he is hereby authorized to expend not exceeding $5,000 out of any moneys appropriated or allotted for the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal for any expenses connected with such ceremonies, including the printing and issuance of a suitable memorial booklet. Approved, March 28, 1939. 553 March 28, 1939 [S. 1476] [Public, No. 15] Indian pueblos in New Mexico. Non-Indian claim- ants, appropriation au- thorized for payment of increased compen- sation, etc., to certain. 43 Stat. 636. 48 Stat. 109. Alberto Cruz. Payment to, au- thorized. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. Mlarch 28, 19:19 il.J. Ites. Ii _ l'ulb. Res., No. 5fi Twenty-fifth anni- versary of opening of Panama Canal. August 15, 1939, de- clared a holiday in Canal Zone. Ceremonies and ex- penditure of funds au- thorized.

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