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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 705-707-DEC. 8, 1942 Secretary of the Treasury shall make such payment only when noti- fied by the Secretary of the Interior that Victoria Jessie Lodge Skin, now Standing Bear, has agreed in writing that such payment shall be in full satisfaction of all her claims against the United States in connection with her right to an award of money in lieu of an allot- ment under the Acts of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. 484), and June 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 340), and such payment shall be in full satisfaction of all such claims. Money deposited to the credit of Victoria Jessie Lodge Skin, now Standing Bear, pursuant to this Act shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the regulations relating to individual Indian money. Approved, December 8, 1942. [CHAPTER 706] AN ACT For the relief of Charles E. Naghel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the official accounts of Charles E. Naghel formerly dis- bursing clerk for the Department of the Interior at Juneau, Alaska, for disallowances by the General Accounting Office in the amounts of $87 and $12 under certificates of settlement numbered G-111248-In. and G-118777-In., dated February 28, 1941, covering payments made to Walya Carroll for telephone service rendered by her at Copper Center, Alaska, during the period October 1, 1932, to and including June 30, 1935. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to refund out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated any payments made by the said Charles E. Naghel on account of the disallowances in question. Approved, December 8, 1942. [CHAPTER 707] AN ACT For the relief of Cecil Higgenbottom, Mrs. Cecil Higgenbottom, and Basil Hall. 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, the sum of $400 to Cecil Higgenbottom; the sum of $950 to Mrs. Cecil Higgenbottom; and the sum of $132.71 to Basil Hall, in full settle- ment of all claims of Cecil Higgenbottom against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps on United States Highway Numbered 23, near Chillicothe, Ohio, on October 17, 1939: Provided, 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, December 8, 1942. 1229 December 8 1942 [8. 2741] [Private Law 5611 Charles E. Naghel. Credit in account. December 8, 1942 [H1.R. 3113] IPrivate Law 682] Oeoil Higgenbot- tom, Mrs. Cedl Hig- genbottom, and Bail Hall. Payments to. ProvO.