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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 704, 705, 731-DEC. 22, 23, 1944 [58 STAT. [CHAPTER 704] December AN ACT S[.1 92] To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Charles F. White [Private Law 54] a patent in fee to certain land. Charles F. White. December 22 1944 i8. a02 [Private Law 54] Richard Pickett. December 23,1944 [H. R. 449] [Private Law i47] Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co. 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 is authorized and directed to issue to Charles F. White, Crow allottee numbered 1444, a patent in fee to lots 5, 6, 7, 8 south half of section 9; lots 5, 6, north half of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 1 south, range 38 east, Montana principal meridian, Big Horn County, Montana, containing four hundred and twelve and thirty-seven one-hundredths acres. Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 705] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Richard Pickett. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to issue to Richard Pickett, a patent in fee to the following-described lands allotted to him on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana: The east half of section 11, the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of section 14, township 2 south, range 30 east, and the west half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 28, township 2 south, range 32 east, Montana principal meridian. Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 731] AN ACT For the relief of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. 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, instructed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $595, representing liquidated damages assessed against that company as subcontractor of Semple and Keeny, a partnership of Juneau, Alaska, to whom was awarded contract numbered W-1090-eng-28, dated February 6, 1931, for dredging and removal of rock at Port Alexander, Alaska: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- riated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or elivered to or received by any agent or agents, attoriey or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 December 23, 1944. 1092

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