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75TH CONGRESS, lST SESSION-CHS. 319-321-JUNE 11, 1937 [CHAPTER 319] June 11, 1937 [S. 522] [Private, No. 134] AN ACT For the relief of R. R. Purcell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of R. R . Purcell. the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Payment to. Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to R. R. Purcell, of Helena, Montana, the sum of $86.06 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for expenses incurred in traveling from Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Fort Harrison, Montana, and return, pursuant to his appointment, on August 8, 1933, as a member of a special board of review of the Veterans' Administration at Fort Harrison, Montana, such R. R. Purcell being ineligible to serve thereon because of his appointment, prior thereto and unknown to him, as director of the National Proo to. Reemployment Service in Montana: Provided, That no part of the ey's, etc., fees. amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- Penalty for viola- standing. 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, June 11, 1937. June 11, 1937 [S. 1507] [Private, No. 135] John Baptiste Ashe. Commission of, to be delivered to Mar- tha B. Rogers, nee Ashe. June 11, 1937 [S. 1572] [Private, No. 136] Frank Fisher. Military record cor- rected. Proviso. No prior benefits. [CHAPTER 320] AN ACT Authorizing the return of the commission of John Baptiste Ashe as a major in the Continental Army to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General is authorized and directed to deliver to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe, great-granddaughter of the late John Baptiste Ashe, formerly a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army, the commission of the said John Baptiste Ashe as a major in such Continental Army, signed by John Jay, President of the Congress, in 1779, which commission is now a part of the permanent records of the General Accounting Office. Approved, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 321] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Fisher. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Frank Fisher, who was a mem- ber of Troop E, Second Regiment United States Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 19th day of June 1884: Provided, That no bounty back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 11, 1937. 984 n ti