Marie Toenberg. Credit allowed in postal accounts of. [CHAPTER 360.] AN ACT For the relief of Glenna F. Kelley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Glenna F. Kelley, postmaster at Goreville, Illinois, in the sum of $48.34. Such sum represents the amount of a deficit in the accounts of the said Glenna F. Kelley, caused by the loss by said Glenna F. Kelley of postal funds deposited in the First National Bank of Goreville, Illinois, which failed December 30, 1930. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of R. Gilbertsen, postmaster at Glenburn, North Dakota, in the sum of $250.30 due the United States on account of the loss of postal funds resulting from the failure of the Glenburn State Bank at Glenburn, North Dakota: Provided, That the said R. Gilbertsen shall assign to the United States any and all claims he may have to dividends arising from the liquidation of said bank. Approved, May 26, 1934. [CHAPTER 362.] AN ACT For the relief of Marie Toenberg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Marie Toenberg, postmaster at Alexander, North Dakota, in the sum of $239.89, due the United States on account of the loss of postal funds resulting from the failure of the First National Bank of Alexander, Alexander, North Assignment of claims Dakota: Provided, That the said Marie Toenberg shall assign to the United States any and all claims she may have to dividends arising from the liquidation of said bank. Proviso. to dividends. May 28, 1934. [8.258.] [Private, No. 180.] Payment to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wallace E. Ordway. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,000 to Wallace E. Ordway, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, as administrator. Such sum represents compensation to Wallace E. Ordway in his personal right and as administrator for the death of his son, Harry Ordway, who was drowned September 1, 1927, in the United States Irrigation Canal Proviso. at Klamath Falls, Oregon: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall ney's, etc., fees. 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 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. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 1158.] [Private, No. 181.] Annie I. Hissey. to, for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby death of husband. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Annie I. Hissey in full for all claims she may have against the Government on account of the death of her husband, William Hissey, who was fatally injured in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 6th day of January 1932, resulting from a driver of a United States Government truck negligently running into and upon William Hissey while he was attempting to cross the street at the intersection of Thirteenth Street, I Street, and Potomac Avenue, southeast: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered ney's, etc., fees. 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, June 5, 1934. [CHAPTER 396.] AN ACT For the relief of Philip F. Hambsch. Proviso. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 1933.] [Private, No. 182.] Credit in accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- Philip F. Hambsch. ler General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit the account of Philip F. Hambsch, formerly a special disbursing agent of the Bureau of Prohibition, with the sum of $572.36, such amount representing sums disbursed by him and disallowed by the Comptroller General in certificate of settlement of account numbered K-40891-TI, March 14, 1929: 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 Proviso. Limitation on attor ney's, etc., fees. 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, Penalty for violation. 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. Surety relieved of responsibility. June 5, 1934. (H.R. 1943.] [Private, No. 183.] A. H. Powell. June 5, 1934. (H.R. 2322.] [Private, No. 184.] C. K. Morris. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 2433.] [Private, No. 185.] Walter G. Jones. mother of. SEC. 2. The surety on the bond of said Philip F. Hambsch, as such special disbursing agent, is hereby relieved of any liability on account of such disallowance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit to A. H. Powell, special disbursing agent, Bureau of Industrial Alcohol, United States Treasury Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, the sum of $144, under certificate of settlement numbered G-27718-T, dated August 26, 1932, New Orleans industrial alcohol account, symbol numbered 14907, supplemental from October 1, 1931, to April 1, 1932, under bond of March 26, 1928, such credit to become effective immediately after the passage of this Act. Approved, June 5, 1934. 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 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to C. K. Morris, San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $1,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained by the said C. K. Morris due to personal injuries suffered by his wife and damages caused to his automobile by a collision with a United States Army truck in San Antonio on November 10, 1930. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payment of death United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrolgratuity to foster ler General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, Vol. 41, p. 824; Vol. notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 824; 34 U. S. C., 943), to settle, adjust, and certify the claim of Anna H. Jones as a person standing in loco parentis to the late Marine Gunner Walter G. Jones, United States Marine Corps, for the sum of $1,110 as six months' death gratuity. 45, p. 710. U.S.C., p. 1143. Approved, June 5, 1934. For the relief of James B. Conner. 1369 June 5, 1934. James B. Conner. 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, of eye. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government, the sum of $2,500 to James B. Conner for the loss of his eye, sustained while performing his duties assigned to him in the mechanical shop of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum ney's, etc., fees. 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 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, June 5, 1934. For the relief of George B. Beaver. Penalty for violation. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 3300.] [Private, No. 187.] Credit in postal ac Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Post-George B. Beaver. master General is authorized and directed to credit the account of counts authorized. George B. Beaver, postmaster at McMinnville, Tennessee, with the sum of $5,944.41, and to certify such credit to the Comptroller General of the United States. Such sum represents the amount paid by such postmaster during the period from September 16, 1927, to April 7, 1931, as compensation to two persons appointed by him as substitute postal clerk and substitute letter carrier, respectively, which amount was disallowed in his account because such persons were not taken from the civil service eligible list. Approved, June 5, 1934. For the relief of John Merrill. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 3302.] [Private, No. 188.] John Merrill. 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 sonal injuries. to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $2,500 to John Merrill on account of gunshot wound received in left leg by a shot from a Federal prohibition enforcement officer, in the act of destroying a seized still, on July 19, 1930, in Polk County, Tennessee, said Merrill being a deputy sheriff at the time and on a raid near Ocoee, Polk County, Tennessee: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 ney's, etc., fees. 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 Proviso. 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 notwithstandPenalty for violation. ing. 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. June 5, 1934. [H.R. 7289.] [Private, No. 189.] H. A. Soderberg. Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. Approved, June 5, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to settle and certify for payment to H. A. Soderberg, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $147 in full for services rendered as a defacto United States commissioner at Ogden, Utah, from January 4 to August 19, 1931: 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 notwithPenalty for violation. standing. 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. June 6, 1934. [8. 1932.] [Private, No. 190.] etc. Approved, June 5, 1934. [CHAPTER 410.] AN ACT For the relief of Alfred Hohenlohe, Alexander Hohenlohe, Konrad Hohenlohe, and Viktor Hohenlohe by removing cloud on title. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Alfred Hohenlohe, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the SecreConveyance by quit- tary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by appproand interest in certain priate quitclaim deed to Alfred Hohenlohe, for life, with remainder lands in District of Co- to Alexander, Konrad, and Viktor Hohenlohe, their heirs and lumbia. assigns, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to lots 68 and 69 in Abner B. Kelly, trustee's subdivision of part of square 628, as per plat recorded in Liber W.B.M., folio 273, of the records of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia. The true intent of this bill is to relinquish and abandon, grant, give, and concede any and all right, interest, and estate, in law or equity, which the United States is, or is supposed to be, entitled to in part of said land by escheat because of the death of Catharine B. Hohenlohe, an Austrian citizen, unto her husband, Alfred Hohenlohe, and her minor children, Alexander Hohenlohe, Konrad Hohenlohe, and Viktor Hohenlohe, all Austrian citizens: Provided, however, That said Alfred Hohenlohe, Alexander Hohenlohe, Konrad Hohenlohe, and Viktor Hohenlohe, as such aliens, shall sell or otherwise dispose of said interest within ten years, as provided by the United States Code, title 8, section 73, or such further period as shall be secured to them by any treaty between the United States and the Republic |