Volume 49 · 2064
Private Law 74–126
For the relief of the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton.
Approved May 15, 1935
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives11 So in original. of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Joseph Gayton.
Payment to rightful heir of.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jean Marcella Mentz Gayton (now Wicks), the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton, deceased Sioux allottee numbered 1724 of the Standing Rock Agency in North Dakota, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to existing law, the sum of not to exceed $4,400.25:
Provisos.
Credit of deposit.
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may deposit the said sum to the credit of the said heir and handle it in the same manner
Attorney’s fees.
as other individual Indian moneys: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of this amount shall be paid to any attorney or attorneys, for services rendered in this case: And provided further,
Credit to estate, if heir not alive.
That should the person herein named be not living upon the date of the passage of this Act the said sum shall be credited to and become a part of net estate.
Approved, May 15, 1935.