[CHAPTER 74.] AN ACT For the relief of the Great American Indemnity Company of New York. March 23, 1934. [8. 356.] [Private, No. 37.] Great American Reimbursement on Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Indemnity Company of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money of New York. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Great American forfeited bail bond. Indemnity Company of New York the sum of $18,000, representing the amount paid by such company as surety on the forfeited bail bonds of four defendants in criminal proceedings brought by the United States, who surrendered the day after the entry of the judgments upon such bonds and were subsequently tried, convicted, and sentenced. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 75.] AN ACT March 23, 1934. [H.R. 891.] [Private, No. 38.] laub, alias Albert N. Oakleaf. Military record corrected. For the relief of Albert N. Eichenlaub, alias Albert N. Oakleaf. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- Albert N. Eichentration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Albert N. Eichenlaub, alias Albert N. Oakleaf, who was a member of Company G, Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Company K, Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 22d day of October 1900: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 76.] AN ACT For the relief of Frank D. Whitfield. Proviso. No back pay, etc. March 23, 1934. [H.R. 1015.] [Private, No. 39.] Frank D. Whitfield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits rected. upon honorably discharged soldiers Frank D. Whitfield, who served as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, Army serial number 1348550, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on March 14, 1921: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, allowance, or any payment provided under the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, 1924, as amended, or other benefit whatsoever to which said person may be or become entitled to by law, shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 23, 1934. Proviso. No back pay, etc. Vol. 43, pp. 607, 121. William M. dard. rected. [CHAPTER 77.] AN ACT For the relief of Leonard L. Dilger. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Leonard L. Dilger, who was a member of Company L, Third Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 25th day of September 1899: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 78.] AN ACT For the relief of James Wallace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers James Wallace, who was a member of Troop K, Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, and who was honorably discharged therefrom on January 17, 1902, and reenlisted April 8, 1902, in Troop K, Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that organization on June 22, 1902, and notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Act relating to pensions approved April 26, 1898, as amended by the Act approved May 11, 1908: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 79.] AN ACT For the relief of William M. Stoddard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stod- United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the Military record cor- administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers William M. Stoddard, who was a member of Company D, Second Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 25th day of February, 1899: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Proviso. No back pay, etc. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 80.] AN ACT For the relief of Seth B. Simmons. March 23, 1934. [H.R. 3072.] [Private, No. 43.] Seth B. Simmons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits rected." upon honorably discharged soldiers Seth B. Simmons, who was a member of Company M, Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 15th day of December 1908: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 81.] AN ACT For the relief of William Herod. Proviso. March 23, 1934. [H.R. 3780.] [Private, No. 44.] Payment to, for personal injuries. William Herod. Proviso. 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 William Herod the sum of $4,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained by being injured by an automobile truck owned and operated by the Post Office Department: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be ney's, etc., fees. paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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. Penalty for violation. March 23, 1934. [H.R. 5163.] [Private, No. 45.] Calvin M. Head. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $350 be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treas- of automobile. ury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of Calvin M. Head, chief of police of Alma, Georgia, whose car was burned by bootleggers while he was assisting enforcement officers in destruction of stills some distance from where automobile was parked at roadside. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be ney's, etc., fees. paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or Proviso. Limitation on attor attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation. 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. March 23, 1934. [H.R. 7229.] [Private, No. 46.] Victor L. Berger. a Member of Congress, Approved, March 23, 1934. [CHAPTER 83.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Victor L. Berger, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to the legal heirs of the estate of Victor L. Berger, deceased, the sum of $9,856.12, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the same being the unpaid balance, and without interest, of the salary to which the said Victor L. Berger would have been entitled as a member of Congress in the Sixty-sixth Congress, to which he had been regularly and duly elected but denied his seat therein because of his conviction for an alleged violation of the Espionage Act, which conviction was subsequently reversed by the United States Supreme Court, and the indictments nolle prossed on January 23, 1923, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary Penalty for violation. 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, March 23, 1934. Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. March 25, 1934. [H.R. 3554.] [Private, No. 47.] Pinkie Osborne. Payment to, for personal injuries. Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. [CHAPTER 85.] AN ACT For the relief of Pinkie Osborne. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Pinkie Osborne, of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claim against the United States for injuries arising out of a gunshot wound inflicted by the discharge of a machine gun at Elizabethtown on April 6, 1918: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any Penalty for violation. person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined any sum not exceeding $1,000. To authorize the payment of hospital and other expenses arising from an injury to Florence Glass. March 26, 1934. [H.R. 5228.] [Private, No. 48.] Florence Glass. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money nated creditors of, for in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following credi- hospital, etc., services. tors of Florence Glass the amounts specified after their names: Davis Memorial Hospital, Elkins, West Virginia, $65.74; Doctor W. E. Whiteside, Parsons, West Virginia, $6; Doctor Benjamine Ira Golden, Elkins, West Virginia, $30; John W. Minear, Parsons, West Virginia, $7. Such sums shall be paid in full settlement of all claims of the aforesaid creditors against Florence Glass in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States arising out of injuries sustained by her on February 2, 1931, when she was struck by a large stone during the construction of a road in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. To authorize full settlement for professional services rendered to an officer of the United States Army. March 27, 1934. [H.R. 257.] [Private, No. 49.] E. Dandy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Dr. Walter tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Doctor Walter E. Dandy the sum of $1,000 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated in full settlement for professional services rendered on November 26, 1928, to Major Frank V. Schneider, Infantry, United States Army, who was suffering from a rare and obscure disease contracted in the line of duty, the said services resulting in the cure and restoration to full duty of the said Major Frank V. Schneider. Approved, March 27, 1934. [CHAPTER 122.] AN ACT For the relief of Manuel Merritt. 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 and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $40.20 to Manuel Merritt in payment of amount of loss sustained in postal funds by the failure and closing of the First National Bank of Roff, Oklahoma. Approved, April 13, 1934. April 13, 1934. [S. 552.] [Private, No. 50.] Manuel Merritt. lost postal funds. Reimbursement, for |