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340 [CHAPTER 239 .] June 14, 1035 . [S .2241 .1

To authorize [Public, No. 136.1 Sioux Indians . Sum authorized for payments to. Post, p .1764 . Vol. 45, p. 484; Vol. 47, p.818. Proviso . Attorney's fees . Limitation . [CHAPTER 240 .1 AN ACT June 14, 1935. IS . 2530.1 To protect American and Philippine labor and to preserve an essential industry, (Public, No. 137.1

and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Importation of Phil- ippi ne cordage, etc .

United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective Lim ita tio n o n May 1, 1935, and for three ears thereafter, th e total amount of amount, entering dut y

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wholly or in chief value of 1Vlanila (abaca) or other hard fiber, produced or manufactured in the Philippine Islands, coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands, shall not exceed six million pounds during each successive twelve months period, which six million pounds shall enter the United States duty free . The amount or q uantity of such articles which may be so exp orted to the United States shall be allocated, under export permits issued by the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the producers or manufacturers thereof . This allocation shall be made by the Gov- ernor General of the Philippine Islands prior to the inauguration of t he Com monwea lth of the Ph ilippin es, an d ther eafter by the President of said Commonwealth, unless otherwise provided by the Legislature of the Commonwealth . SEC . 2 . Pending the final and complete withdrawal of American sovereignty over the Philippine Islands, the President of the United States may, by proclamation, at least ninety days prior to the expiration of the three year period provided in section 1 hereof, extend t he operation of this Act for an additional p eriod of three years or more, provided such extension is accepted by the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines . Export permits . Amount exported to be allocated under. Supervision. Extension of opera- tion of act by procla- mation. 14 TE CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHS . 238-240 . JUNE 14, 1935 . Upon conveyance to the United States by the State of Florida of a sufficient title to the lands to be acquired for the use of the Seminole In dians, the Se cretar y of t he Int erior is auth orized to is sue a patent in fee or to make other proper conveyance to the State of Florida covering the lands granted in exchange . Approved, June 14, 1935 . AN ACT an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 484) . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an appropria- tion is hereby authorized in the sum of $79,002 .19 to pay various Sioux Indians enrolled at the different agencies the amounts which have been awarded to them by the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat . L. 484), on account of allotments of land to which they were entitled but did not receive : Provided, That the Secretary o f the Interior is authorized a nd directed to deter- mine what attorney or attorneys have rendered services of value in behalf of sa id Indians and to pay such att orney or attor neys on such findings w hen appropriati on is available the reasonabl e value of such services, not to exceed 10 per centum of the recovery on each individual claim, which payment shall be in full settlement for all services rendered by such attorney or attorneys to said claimants in said claims . Approved, June 14, 1935 .