PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 310, 311-JUNE 1, 1938 Disposition of bal- ance in event of death. Inheritance restric- tion. Proiso. Life interest of sur- viving spouse. Disposition of re- stricted or trust prop- erty upon death with- out heirs, etc. livestock industry, or such other industrial or agricultural pursuits or avocations as will enable them to become self-supporting; (2) the educational advancement of such Indians; (3) financial assistance in cases of illness, death, or other emergency; (4) the repayment of reimbursable debts previously contracted; or (5) security for or the repayment of loans made to such Indians from any Klamath revolv- ing loan fund now existent or which shall hereafter be created. SEC. 4 . In the event of the death of any such Indian entitled to receive a payment in lieu of allotment after the date of the enactment of this Act, any unexpended balance of said $1,500 still due the decedent shall first be applied to the repayment of any loans received by such Indian from the United States or from the Klamath Tribal funds, and the balance thereafter shall be distributed as personal property. SEC. 5. Hereafter only enrolled members of the Klamath Tribe of not less than one-sixteenth degree Indian blood of the Klamath Tribe shall inherit or take by devise any restricted or trust property within the Klamath Reservation: Provided, That the surviving spouse shall be entitled to the use of one-half part during his or her natural life of all the land included in any such property whereof the decedent was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during coverture. SEC. 6. If any enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe dies without lawful heirs or devises 1, all interest which such member has in any restricted or trust property within the Klamath Reservation shall revert to and become part of the common tribal property. Approved, June 1, 1938. [CHAPTER 311] AN ACT June 1, 1938 [H. R. 9577] To amend section 402 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to further provide for [Public, No. 573] the settlement of ocean mail contract claims. Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amend- ments. 49 Stat. 1993. 46 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 1142. Ocean mail con- tracts. 47Stat. 1510;48Stat. 446; 49 Stat. 239, 1850. Adjustment of dif- ferences and claims arising out of contracts alleged to have been made under 1928 Act. 45 Stat. 692. 46U.S.C.§891e; Supp. III, § 891e. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 402 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, be hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Acts making appro- priation for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1934, June 30, 1935, June 30, 1936, and June 30, 1937, which were approved, respectively, March 3, 1933 (47 U. S. Stat. L. 1510), March 15, 1934 (18 U. S . Stat. L . 44(), May 14, 1935 (49 U. S . Stat. L. 239), and June 23, 1936 (49 U. S. Stat. L . 1850) as soon as practicable after the enactment of this subsection, and within six months after its enactment, the Commission, in its discre- tion, may proceed to attempt to adjust all differences with the holder of any contract alleged to have been made by the Postmaster General pursuant to the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1928 for the carriage of mail, in cases where a suit, pending in the Court of Claims at the time of the enactment of this subsection and based upon the alleged termination or breach of such contract, had been filed by such contractor prior to July 1, 1937, including any claims of the contractor against the United States and any claims of the United States against such contractor, arising out of said contract. In adjust- ing such differences and claims the Commission shall not take into consideration any prospective or speculative future profits, but shall consider any and all payments theretofore made by the United States pursuant to such mail contract, and the profits realized as a result thereof, and the interest paid and the interest due according to law 'So in original. [52 STAT.
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