Proviso. in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum is the amount of excess duties levied and collected from MartinWalsh (Incorporated) by the collector of the port of New York on thirty-one distinct entries covering importations of kraft wrapping paper from Sweden and Norway during the years 1922 and 1923: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in Limitation on attor. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or ney's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for violation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. John Hampshire. for [CHAPTER 768.) June 28, 1934. (8. 265.) (Private, No. 344.) 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 damages. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John Hampshire, of Grants Pass, Oregon, the sum of $32,715.81 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages resulting from the suspension of work under his contract with the United States Numbered 1-1p-71, dated July 29, 1927, for road construction and improvement in Mount Rainier National Park in the State of Washington, such suspension having been made necessary by the failure to provide adequate appropriations to permit the continuance of the work in accordance with such contract: Provided, That Proviso. Limitation on attorno part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per ney's, etc., lees. 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed Penalty for violation. guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. June 26, 1934. (8. 336.) (Private, No. 345.) [CHAPTER 769.) AN ACT For the relief of the Edward F. Gruver Company. 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 to adjust and settle the claim of the Edward F. Gruver Company in an amount not to exceed $200 for leather labels furnished the Federal Radio Commission, notwithstanding any provision of law requiring such supplies to be obtained from the Government Printing Office. Approved, June 26, 1934. Edward F. Gruver Vol. 40, p. 1270. [CHAPTER 770.) AN ACT June 28, 1934. (S. 379.) For the relief of Frederick G. Barker. [Private, No. 346.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Frederick G. Barker. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for personal injuries. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frederick G. Barker, of Cleveland, Ohio, the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries received November 14, 1919, when a United States mail : ney's, etc., fees. 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 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. Approved, June 26, 1934. June 28, 1934. (8. 418.) (Privato, No. 347.) (CHAPTER 771.] AN ACT Connors. H. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the alias John 8. Connors, United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminalias Michael W. H. istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon Military record cor. honorably discharged soldiers William H. Connors, alias John H. rected. Connors, alias Michael W. H. Connors, who was a member of Battery C, Sixth Regiment United States Field Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a pri vate of that organization on the 14th day of October 1914: Provided, No back pay, etc. That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 26, 1934. Proviso. (CHAPTER 772.) June 26, 1934, (S. 488.) (Private, No. 348.) AN ACT Norman Beier. Compensation, for personal injuries. 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 $2,500 to Norman Beier, Brooklyn, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained by him when struck by a truck of the Post Office Department: 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 Proviso. Limitation on attor. ney's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for violation. 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 26, 1934. (CHAPTER 773.] June 26, 1934. (S. 521.) (Private, No. 349.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- Henry Poole. istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rected. Military record corhonorably discharged soldiers Henry Poole, who was a member of Company D, 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 8th day of April 1899: Provided, That no Proviso. No back pay, etc. bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved. June 26, 1934. (CHAPTER 774.) AN ACT June 26, 1934. (8. 551.) (Private, No. 350.) A. W. Holland. 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, extra services. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $900 to A. W. Holland in payment of extra services as postmaster at Drumright, Oklahoma, a post office of the fourth class. Approved, June 26, 1934. [CHAPTER 775.] June 26, 1934. (8. 740.) (Private, No. 351.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to, for crop of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay damages. to William G. Fulton, of Annapolis Junction, Maryland, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,528, in full settlement of all claims against the Government, for damage to crop on the Camp Meade Reservation, Maryland, for which he had entered into contract with the United States Army authorities at Camp Meade on May 18, 1922: Provided, That no part Provisor Limitation on attorof 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 Penalty for violation. 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 26, 1934. . June 26, 1934. (S. 879.) (Private, No. 352.] Military record corrected. (CHAPTER 776.] AN ACT For the relief of Howell K. Stephens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Howell K. Stephens. United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Howell K. Stephens, who was a private, Medical Department, United States Army, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on the 25th day of October 1919: Provided, That no back pay, compensation, benefit, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 26, 1934. Proviso. [CHAPTER 777.) June 26, 1934. (S. 1072.) (Private, No. 353.) AN ACT Rufus J. Davis. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the SecrePaymunrieto, for per- tary 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, to Rufus J. Davis, Hope Mills, North Carolina, the sum of $1,223.50, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States arising out of personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident involving a United States Army truck on North Carolina State highway numbered 22, on March 13, 1928: Provided, ney's, etc., lees. 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. Approved, June 26, 1934. (CHAPTER 778.] June 26, 1934. (S. 1161.) (Private, No. 354.) AN ACT Alice E. Broas. Payment for personal injuries. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 to Alice E. Broas, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, as payment in full for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile driven by Private Cyrus L. Scribner, United States Limitation on attor. in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or ney's, etc., lees. received by any 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 Penalty for violation. guisty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. June 26, 1934. (8. 1162.) (Private, No. 355. Virginia Houghton. (CHAPTER 779.1 AN ACT For the relief of Virginia Houghton. Payment for personal money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000 to Virginia Houghton, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, as payment in full for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile driven by Private Cyrus L. Scribner, United States Army, on April 22, 1931, at Washington, District of Columbia : Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per ney's, etc., lees. 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 notwithstanding. Any per Penalty for violation. son 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 26, 1934. Proviso. (CHAPTER 780.1 June 26, 1934. (S. 1163.) [Private, No. 356.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre Mary V. Spear. Payment for personal tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of injuries. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500 to Mary V. Spear, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, as payment in full for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile driven by Private Cyrus L. Scribner, United States Army, on April 22, 1931, at Washington, District of Columbia : Provided, That no Proviso. part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per ney's, etc., lees. 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 86637°-34-PT 2-10 Limitation on attor |