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 1114 June 13, 1949 [H. R. 1053] [Private Law 99] Frank 0. Ward. June 14, 1949 [8. 838] [Private Law 100] James Madison Burton. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 201, 202, 204, 205-JUNE 13, 14, 1949 [63 STAT. a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 202] AN ACT For the relief of Frank O. Ward. 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 Frank O. Ward, of White City, Georgia, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Frank O. Ward against the United States for the infringement of personal liberty, damage to business, loss of profits, damage to personal reputation, impairment of health, and medical and personal expense which resulted from his arrest on January 31, 1947, and his subsequent imprisonment at Fort McClellan until February 11, 1947, on the false charge of desertion. Said Frank O. Ward served honorably in the United States Army from June 26, 1944, until his honorable discharge on May 1, 1946: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 June 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 204] AN ACT Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to James Madison Burton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon applica- tion in writing, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to James Madison Burton, of Kaysville, Utah, a patent in fee to the following-described lands allotted to him on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana: Allotment numbered 3118, the south half of section 13, and the south half of section 14, northeast quarter section 22, and the northwest quarter section 23, township 9 south, range 36 east, Montana principal meridian. Approved June 14, 1949. [CHAPTER 205] June 14, 1949 AN ACT [S. 83]6 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Clarence M. [Private Law 101] Scott. Clarence M. Scott. 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 a patent in fee to Clarence M. Scott for the following-described lands in the State of Montana: Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 in section 2, and lots 1, 2, 7, 8,9,16 in section 3, township 3 south, range 28 east, Montana principal meridian, and containing four hundred and forty and fifty-two one- hundredths acres. Approved June 14, 1949.

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