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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 833-835-OCT. 9, 1940 Joseph Borsellino as a result of injuries received through the negli- gent operation of a truck belonging to the District of Columbia National Guard, on June 23, 1933, at Third Street and Maine Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia: 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, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 834] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Henry W. Shurlds and W. H. White a patent to certain lands in the State of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Henry W. Shurlds and W. H. White a patent in fee to the follow- ing described lands, to wit: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16; lot 12, less twelve acres in the form of a parallelogram off of the east side of said lot 12, and lot 17, less thirteen acres in the form of a parallelo- gram off of the east side of said lot 17, all in section 19, township 15 north, range 1 east, Choctaw meridian, Holmes County, Mississippi, containing three hundred and seventy-eight and eighty one-hun- dredths acres, more or less: Provided, however, That the issuance of such patent shall operate only as a conveyance of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described herein, but shall not affect any valid adverse rights of third parties should any such rights exist. Approved, October 9, 1940. 1385 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 9942] [Private, No. 618] Henry W. Shurlds and W. H. White. Issuanceofland pat- ent to. Proviso. Valid adverse rights of third parties. [CHAPTER 835] AN ACT October 9, 1940 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Ruth Gainey Branscome a [H. . 99431 patent to certain lands in the State of Mississippi. [Private, No. 6109 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he' is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Ruth Gainey Branscome a patent in fee to the following-described lands, to wit: Lots 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 18, and twelve acres in the form of a parallelogram off of the east side of lot 12, and thirteen acres in the form of a parallelogram off of the east side of lot 17, all of said land being in section 19, township 15 north, range 1 east, Choctaw meridian, Holmes County, Mississippi, containing two hun- dred and sixty-seven and twenty-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less: Provided, however, That the issuance of such patent shall operate only as a conveyance of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described herein, but shall not affect any valid adverse rights of third parties should any such rights exist. Approved, October 9, 1940. Ruth Oainey Brans- come. Issuance of land pat- ent to. Proiso. Valid adverse rights of thirdparties.

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