SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CHs . 446, 452, 453, 460 . 1928 .
467 any event the widow shall be paid a pension of not less than $24 cwa wm llowann per month and $4 per month additional for each child under sixteen years of age of the officer or enlisted man, and in the event of death or remarriage of the widow or forfeiture of title by her, or if no widow survives the officer or enlisted man, the rate of pension herein provided for a widow shall be paid to the minor child or children under sixteen years of age of such officer or enlisted man, from the date of such death or remarriage of the widow or forfeiture of her title and in other cases from the date of the death of the officer or enlisted man . Approved, April 27, 1928 . CHAP . 452 .-An Act To authorize a per capita payment to the Shoshone and April 28, 1928 . Arapahoe Indians of Wyoming from funds held in trust for them by the United [Public, No . 324 .] States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- hoe Indian shosh and Arapa- s . Wyo . tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw toPfiomapit a payment ust from the Treas ury of the United St ates so much of the money credited to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians of Wyoming under the Act of August 21, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 519), as Vol.39,p.519. may be necessary to make a $25 per capita payment to said Indians, and to pay or distribute the same to all recognized members of the tribes under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed . Approved, April 28, 1928 . April 28, 1928 . CHAP. 453 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing a modification of the adopted [H . J . Res . 244 .] project for Oakland Harbor, California .
[Pub. Res., No.28.1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the project Harbor Oakland, project f
mo di- adopted in the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, fed . ol. 44, p.1014. for the improvement of Oakland Harbor, California, is hereby so mod ified as to pr ovide tha t the requ irem ent " that loca l interes ts shall alter or replace the bridges over the tidal canal when, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, such alteration or replacement is nece ssary in the inter ests o f navi gation, and t hereaf ter op erate and maintain them," shall apply only to that feature of the project covering the deepening of the tidal canal to twenty-five feet . Approved, April 28, 1928 . April 30, 1928. CHAP. 460 .An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act making appropria- [H . R.6103.] tions f or sundry ci vil expenses of the Gover nment for fi scal year en ding June 30 , [Public, No. 325 .] 1884," and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Paten ts . United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of V ol . 22, p .625,amend . chapter 143 of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1883 (Twenty- adu. S. Code, p.1168. second Statutes at Large, page 625), as relates to issue of patents without payment of any fee be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows :
Issue without fee to " The Commissioner of Patents is authorized to grant, subject to Government em- existing
to any officer, enlisted man . or employee of the Govern- ployees, when certified g
y
to be used in public in- ment, except officers and employees of the Patent Office, a patent teres t . for any invention of the classes mentioned in section 4886 of the Revised Statutes, without the payment of any fee when the head of the d epart ment or i ndepe ndent bur eau c ertif ies s uch inven tion is
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