Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1941.
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Chap. 569 | Grant Anderson. Payment to. |
Chap. 569 | Assignment provision. |
Chap. 569 | Proviso. Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. |
Chap. 569 | Penalty for violation. |
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 Grant Anderson, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, the sum of $226.67, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the remainder of a refund due the said Grant Anderson from the estate of Julia White Cloud or Julia Voice, deceased heir of Philip His Day, on account of a certain canceled contract entered into between the said Grant Anderson and the Department of the Interior on December 11, 1920, relating to the purchase of one hundred and sixty acres of land owned by the heirs of Philip His Day, deceased Crow Creek allottee numbered 929. The said Grant Anderson shall execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Interior an assignment, satisfactory to the Secretary, assigning to the United States all his right, title, and interest in and to the remainder of such refund. All sums recovered from the estate of Julia White Cloud or Julia Voice by the United States under such assignment shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 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, June 15, 1936.
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