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1730 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 111, 112. }i'EBRUARY 21, 1 ~33. wise appropriated, the sum of $77.40, or so much thereof as may be tt=ilon on at- necessary, to l,>ay this claim: Provided, That no part of the amount tomey·s.ete.• rees. approprIated In this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agenU!, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be tmiawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in ~xcess of 10 ~r centum thereof . on account of services rendered in connection wIth said claim, any PfDalty rOl'Vlo\aUou. 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, February 21, 1933. [CHAPTER 112.] AN ACT Februan' 21. 1933. --;-;>='[~S':-=,45~76:::,.I~..-- To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant an easement for railroad right [Pri\'&t~. No. 217.; oi way over and upon a portion of the helium gas bearing lands of the United States of America, in Potter County, in the State of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the s:nrart~e &=y~: U'nited States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secre- te>Right Or way granted tary of Commerce be, and he is hereby,J. authorized and directed to . grant and convey to North Plains and ~anta Fe Railway: Company1 a railroad corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, its successors and aSSIgns, an easement for railroad purposes over and upon the following described property, being a part of certain helium gas bearing lands heretofore acquired by the United States of America, to wit: A strip of land four hundred feet wide lying two hundred feet each side of the center line of the majn track of the North Plains and Santa Fe Railway Company as said main track is now located and constructed over that part of survey numbered 35, G. & M. survey block num- bered 5, conveyed to the United. States of America by deed recorded on the 19th day of SeptemJer, 1931, in volume 227, ~pages 221 and the following, of the deed records oi Pott8r County, State of Texas, Payment for. Fencing. said strip of land containing an area of thirteen and eighty-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less. SEC. 2 . That the grantee shall pay the Government of the United States of America $13.87 per acre for the acreage contained in the right of way hereinbefore described. SEC. 3 . That the grantee, in further consideration for said ease- ment, shall construct fences on each side of the right of way and maintain them in good" condition. ~b~~ts certain SEC. 4 . That the grant herein made shall be subject to the rights . excepted and reserved to the Humble Oil and Refining Company by the provisions of that certain warranty deed dated March 6, i931, executed by said Humble Oil and Refining Company to the United States of America, recorded September 19, 1931, in volume 227, pages 221 and the following, of the deed records of Potter County, Texas, and that certain working agreement between the Humble Oil and Refining Company and the United States of America dated March 6, 1931, recorded september 19, 1931, in volume 224, pages 299 and the following, of said deed records. ReeervatloDofrights. SEC. 5 . That the United States of America, its successors and assigns, shan have the unrestricted and unimpeded right to lay, maintain, inspect, and remove pipe lines for the transportation of oil, gas, and water, and lines for power and telephone, across said