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 1252 July 11, 1946 [S. 19651 [Private Law 720] C. Benjamin Staple- ton, estate. July 11,1946 [S. 438] [Private Law 721] B. H. Goodin, his heirs or assigns. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 561, 562 , 565-JULY 11, 1946 [60 STAT. 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 July 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 562] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of C. Benjamin Stapleton. 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 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of C. Benjamin Stapleton, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of the claim of such estate against the United States for compensation for the death of the said C. Benjamin Stapleton as a result of personal injuries sustained by him when he was struck by a United States Army vehicle, on Cass Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan, on February 8, 1945: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 July 11, 1946. [CHAPTER 565] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to partition certain lands in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That B. H. Goodin, his heirs or assigns, may maintain a suit to partition the northeast quarter of section 33, township 9 north, range 1 east, Indian meridian, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, against any restricted Indian who is a part owner of said lands in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in accordance with the law govern- ing partitions in the State of Oklahoma. The United States shall be made a party to such action, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon such court to hear and determine such cause, and service may be had on the United States by serving one copy of the petition or bill in equity on the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma not less than forty-one days before said cause is set for trial, and any conveyance ordered made by said court, in such pro- ceedings, shall operate to remove all restrictions on the lands con- veyed to the grantee therein, except where such grantee is a restricted Indian. Approved July 11, 1946.

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