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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 97, 99, 100-FEB. 20, 1942 [CHAPTER 97] AN ACT February 20, 1942 For the relief of certain individuals in connection with the construction, operation, [H.5. 6225 and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho. [Private Law 289] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Acts of June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 1363), June 11, 1940 (Private, Numbered 362, Seventy-sixth Congress), and June 25, 1941 (Private, Num- bered 121, Seventy-seventh Congress), for the relief of certain indi- viduals named therein in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho, are hereby supplemented and further amended by authorizing and directing payment as therein provided, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, of the following amounts in lieu of the amounts provided for in the said Act of June 20, 1938, to the individuals named: C. E. and Leonard R. Stedman, $347; J. S. Bowker and J. L. Wilson, $150; L. E. Winschell, $150; Richard Torgensen, $500; and W. James Chester, $500: 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 ren- dered 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, February 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 99] AN ACT For the relief of Lulu Heron. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hovse 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 Lulu Heron, field nurse in the Indian Service stationed in Alaska the sum of $900.40 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses which she incurred in moving her house from the bank of the Kuskokwim River to a new site, when it was endan- gered by bank erosion resulting from flood conditions: 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, February 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 100] AN ACT For the relief of Edwin B. Formhals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 17 to 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved Sep- Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho. Substitution of des- ignated amounts as payments. 54 Stat. 1280; 55 Stat. 938. Priooa. February 20, 1942 [H. R. 329] [Private Law 290] Lulu Heron. Payment to. Proviso. February 20, 1942 [H. R. 3823] [Private Law 291] Edwin B. Form- hals. Considerationof disability claim. 1115

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