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52 STAT.] 75'H CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 233, 239, 240-MAY 16, 17, 1938 [CHAPTER 233] AN ACT For the relief of the Nicolson Seed Farms, a Utah corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the one hundred and sixty acre limitation in the color of title act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to receive an application to purchase from and issue a patent to the Nicolson Seed Farms, a Utah corporation, for any public lands in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9,10, 11, 12, 15, and 16, township 18 south, range 8 west, Salt Lake meridian, Millard County, Utah, upon compliance by said corporation with and subject to the other pro- visions of said color of title act and the regulations issued thereunder: Provided, That said corporation shall present its application within one year from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, May 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 239] AN ACT For the relief of E. G. Briseno and Hector Briseno, a minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to E. G. Briseno, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $5,225.35, in full settlement of all claims, against the United States for personal and permanent injury to his son, Hector Briseno, a minor child, from the explosion of a thirty-seven millimeter shell, on November 7, 1932, which he picked up on private property, and which had pre- viously been picked up and carried from a target range of the United States Army, where it was lying in the open, by George Pell, also a minor: Provided, That of the amount herein appropriated, the sum of $4,000 shall be held in trust by the said E. G . Briseno for use in maintenance of his son, Hector Briseno, and the sum of $1,225.35 shall be received by him as reimbursement for medical expenses incurred as the result of said injury to Hector Briseno: Provided further, That no part of the 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 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, May 17, 1938. May 16, 1938 [H. R. 9349] [Private, No. 516] Nicolson Seed Farms, Utah. Certain land patent to, authorized not- withstanding area limitation. 45 Stat. 1069. 43U. S.C.§1068. Proviso. Time for presenting application. May 17, 1938 [H. R . 1258] [Private, No. 517] E. G. Briseno. Payment to. Proisos. Portion to be held in trust; medical ex- penses. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 240] AN ACT For the relief of Orville Ferguson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 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 Orville Ferguson, Kansas City, Missouri, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sus- May 17,1938 [H. R . 4018] [Private, No. 518] Orville Ferguson. Payment to.