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 54 STAT.] 70iTH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 823, 824 -OCT. 9, 1940 [CHAPTER 823] AN ACT For the relief of Boston and Maine Railroad. Be it erutcted 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, the sum of $1,698.63 to Boston and Maine Railroad, a corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and having a usual place of business in Boston in said Commonwealth, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for damage to property sustained by the said Boston and Maine Rail- road caused by the explosion of the acetylene-producing building in the Boston Navy Yard on November 13, 1934: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 824] AN ACT For the relief of Betty Jane Bear Robe. 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 authorized and directed to pay, out of any monev in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the superintendent of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, for the account of Betty Jane Bear Robe, minor child and sole heir to the estate of Bessie Bear Robe, the sum of $2,000. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $500 of such sum may be expended by such superintendent to pay debts outstanding against the estate of the said Bessie Bear Robe. The payment of such sum of $2,000 shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of Aloysius Spotted Bear, minor son of the said Bessie Bear Robe, who was killed on March 30, 1938, when struck by an automobile of the United States Indian Service while alighting from an Indian Service school bus on United States Highway Numbered 18 within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota: 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, October 9, 1940. 1381 October 9. 1940 [H. R. 7815] [Private, No. 607] Boston and Maine Railroad. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 7910] [Private, No. 608] Betty Jane Bear Robe. Payment for ac- count of; condition. Proaeso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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