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2298 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 419, 426, 429. MAY 15, 18, 19, 1936. [CHAPTER 419.1 AN ACT May 15, 1936. [H.R.3823.] For the relief of the parents of Albert Thesing, Junior. [Private, No. 566 .] . Be it enacted by the Senate and Do-use of Representatives of the . Albert Thesing, Jun- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary J°'i>ayment to parents of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, of. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the parents of Albert Thesing, Junior, Rochester, New York, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the Govern- ment of the United States for the death of the said Albert Thesing, resulting from an explosion and fire, caused hy agents of the Bureau of Prohibition during a raid in the city of Rochester, JUly 7, 1933: f1~"l::iion on attar- Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated ill; this Act in ney's, etc., fees. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or dehvered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 'per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection WIth said claim, any contract to the contrary Penalty for viohstlon. 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. May 18, 1\136. [H.R.12183.] [Private, No. 567.J o 1a d Ys Hinckley Werlich. Payment to. Approved, May 15, 1936. [CHAPTER 426.] AN ACT For the relief of Gladys Hinckley Werlich. Be it enacted by the Senate aJul IIouse of Repre8entati/,es of tlte United States of America in Oongress a8sembled, That the Secretal'y of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Gladys Hinckley 'Verlich, widow of McCenev 'Verlich, late a Foreign Service officer of the United States at ParIs, France, the sum of $4,100, being one year's salary of her deceased husband who died while in the Foreign Service; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- prIated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, M.ay 18, 1936. [CHAPTER 429.1 AN ACT May 19, Hl36. (S.427.) Authorizing the reimbursement of Edward B. Wheeler and the State Investment [Private, No. 568 .] - Company for the loss of certain Jandt! ill the Mora Grant, New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and How~e of Reprel!enta.five8 of the Edward B. Wheeler United States of America in Congress assernbled That the Secretary aad the State Invest- •. , . ment Company. of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorlzed and dIrected to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edward B. 'Vheeler, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the State Investment Company, of New Mexico, who were declared by the Supreme Court of the United States (United States against Stnte Investment Company (1924),264 U. S. 206) to be the owners, respec- tively, of certain lands in the tract known as the Mora Grant, located in San Miguel and Mora Counties, New Mexico, an amount to be computed by the Secretary on the basis of $2.20 per acre for every acre of lands embraced within the claim of any bona fi(le entryman on such lands holding under patent from the "Glliteu Statcs or undcr