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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cris. 838-841. 1926. 1709 and east half southeast aauarter section 33 township 17 north, range 27 east, princi al meri 'an, provided she makes payment of all sums due and &at patent issue to her if after due publication she makes satisfactory lproof of her compliance with the requirements Roqummeun. of the homestea aws as to her residence on, cultivation and improvement of the land subject to the provisions, rwervations, V0, 38 W conditions, and limitations of the Act of July 17, 1914 (§Thirty— ' ’p' ' eighth Statutes, page 509), as to the oil and gas in the lan and to a waiverof claim to dama es in accordance with section 29 of the Act or February 25 1920 %Forty-first statutes, page 42.7), against "°*·°·¤·**°· any prior existing oil and gas permittee or lessee. ‘ Approved, July 3, 1926. July 3, 1928. CHAP. 889.-An Act For the relief of L. L. Kyle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled That the Secretary §;_;·,h§_{'*g;, ,0, mh of the Treas1u•y be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of E13 so¤a1l¤1urle¤.° money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in settlement against the Government, to L. . yle, a citizen of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $3,000 for personal injuries sustained by him m a collision of a wagon in which he was riding and a motor car belonging to the United States Government, the said motor car striking and demolishing the wagon and permanently injuring said Kyle and causing him to lose over a year om his work. Approved, July 3, 1926. CHAP 840 An A ` ° §lQ,g‘§• . .— ct For the rehef of Michael J. Leo. —-I-——i N°_ um Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mmm, no United States of America in Oovyress assembled, That the Secretary Bama eiuuséo. of the Treasury is authorized an directed to psy to Michael J. Leo, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise apgpopriated, the sum of $16,500, the amonmt of a fine paid by Mic e J. Leo in pursuance of a judgment entered upp: a plea nolo contendre under certain provisions of the so-called ver Act plrevious to the time that the Supreme Court of the United States eld such provisions void, the said plea and said payment being made under a stipulation as follows: "In consideration that the ttomey General and this court shall accept the plea nolo contendre which I hereby tender to the above·entit1ed indictment, I do hereby waive any and all lines which the court may see fit to impose upon me upon such plea, except in the event that the so-called Lever Act un er. which said indictment is found shall be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States and that no prosecution could be sustained upon the facts stated in said indictment." ` Approved, July 3, 1926. CHAP. 841.-An Act To authorize the sale of a parcel of land in the town of Westport, Connecticut. [P°bu°’ N°‘2m‘] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United States of Amerzha in 00 ressf assziednbled, That the gli°€l}i°1lt£§Zi°' Secretary of War is hereby authorizewto qjliitclaim and conve to the town of Westport, Connecticut, for suc consideraiton and, on such terms and conditions as he may deem just and equitable, all the