1292 Amounts due de- ceased claimants. Consolidated Chip- pewa Agency. Unlocated claim- ants. Filing of claims; oaths. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 418, 433 , 434-JUNE 24, 26 , 1940 [54 STAT. time prior to June 30, 1941. The Comptroller General of the United States is directed to receive and settle any additional claims filed by Indians before said date and to reconsider all such claims which have been heretofore disallowed on account of failure to file them within the period of two years imposed by the Act. SEC. 2 . Irrespective of the date of death or the sum involved or any contrary rule or practice with respect to payment of the claims, all amounts found due deceased Indians whose heirs have been deter- mined by the Secretary of the Interior shall be paid to the appro- priate superintendent or other bonded officer of the Indian Service for the benefit of the heirs, to be handled and accounted for by him with other moneys under this control in accordance with existing law and regulations. The amounts due deceased claimants whose heirs have not been thus determined shall be so paid upon applications therefore filed by the superintendent, for credit to the estates. SEC. 3 . The superintendent of the Consolidated Chippewa Agency is hereby authorized to file claims for any and all claimants or heirs of claimants whose whereabouts cannot be determined after due and diligent search, and a verified certificate filed by the superintendent that such due and diligent search has been made, shall be sufficient condition precedent to the right to file any such claim. SEC. 4. Claims filed hereunder may be sworn to before a local postmaster or a superintendent or other officer of the Indian Service authorized to administer oaths. Approved, June 24, 1940. [CHAPTER 433] June 26, 1940 [H. R . 3774] [Private, No. 304] Albert L. Barn- holtz. Consideration ofdis- ability claim. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5 U. . C. 767,770. Proviso. Time for making claim. AN ACT For the relief of Albert L. Barnholtz. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine the claim of Albert L. Barnholtz, of Denver, Colorado, for disability due to tuberculosis alleged to have been contracted by him while employed in the Denver, Colorado, post office during the period 1907-1921 in the same marler and to the same extent as if the said Albert L. Barnholtz had made appli- cation for benefits under the Act entitled "An Act to provide com- pensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, within the period required by sec- tions 17 and 20 thereof. No benefit shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act prior to the date of such enactment: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be made within ninety days from the enactment of this Act. Approved, June 26, 1940. [CHAPTER 434] June 26, 1940 [H. R . 3964] [Private, No. 395] AN ACT For the relief of H. S . Wayman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ha S. ayman. 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 H. S. Wayman, Oak Grove, Missouri, the sum of $347.75. Such sum represents the actual amount of expenses incurred by the said H. S . Wayman in connection with the hospitalization of his son, Donald
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