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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 907, 909-OCT. 21, 25, 1940 [54 STAT. [CHAPTER 907] AN ACT For the relief of certain Navajo Indians, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wilson Platero and United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Deposit to credit of of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, estates of. out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of $15,000, which amount shall be deposited as individual Indian money to the credit of the estates of the following-named deceased Navajo Indians, and in the respective amounts stated for distribution to the heirs of such deceased Indians as determined by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with existing law: Wilson Platero, $2,500; Meguelius Sacatero, $2,500; Tom Wood, $2,500; John Apachite, $2,500; Roy Chavez, $2,500; and John Chavez, $2,500. Dempsey Sacatero SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized and directed and Jose Mexicano. Depositto credit of. to pay to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of $2,000, which amount shall be deposited as individual Indian money to the credit of Dempsey Sacatero and Jose Mexicano, or their heirs, in the sum of $1,000 each. Compensation in SE. 3 . The amounts herein appropriated shall be in full compen- sation for claims for deaths or injuries sustained in an accident occur- ditures. ring near Gallup, New Mexico, on December 6, 1936: Provided, That the amounts herein appropriated shall be expended in accordance with the regulations governing the handling of individual Indian Prohibition on at- money: Provided further, That no part of the amount herein appro- torney's, etc.,fees. priated shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney on Penalty. account of services rendered in connection with these claims, and 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 21, 1940. [CHAPTER 909] October 25, 1940 [8 . 4249] [Private, No. 642] George A. MIeffan and John Glenn. Payments to wid- ows of. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of the widows of the late George A. Meffan and John Glenn. 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 the widow of George A. Meffan, late a United States marshal for the State of Idaho, and to the widow of John Glenn, late a United States deputy marshal for the State of Idaho, the sum of $5,000 each, on account of the death of their husbands who were killed on July 31, 1940, in the State of Idaho, while in the performance of their duty: 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 25, 1940. October 21, 1940 [S. 4212] [Private, No. 641] 1394

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