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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 105, 106, 112-APRIL 15, 16 , 17, 1937 officer, Division of Disbursement. Treasury Department, without charge against the certifying officer of the Department of Justice, for the sum of $126.40, representing the disallowed portion of the sum of $138 paid by him on August 17, 1934, on voucher numbered 102336, from the appropriation, "15746, Salaries and expenses, Divi- sion of Investigation, 1935", to the Airline ticket office, Municipal Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the charter of a special air- plane by an assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, for transportation from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Springfield, Missouri, in connection with an emergency investigation. Approved, April 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 106] AN ACT For the relief of Captain Eugene Blake, Junior, United States Coast Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasurv be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Phillip Hudson Phillips, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $750, in full satisfaction of a judgment in that sum and any interest thereon or court costs in connection therewith, secured on October 12, 1934, bv Phillip Hudson Phillips against Captain Eugene Blake. Junior, United States Coast Guard, in the case of Phillips against Blake (number 19366-K), in the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, arising out of the destruction of the motorboat Adanesne on October 25, 1932, as a potential menace to navigation, at the direction of Captain Blake, in the vicinity of San Pedro Point, San Mateo County, California, while such motor- boat was in the possession of the said Phillips as salvor: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 16, 1937. [CHAPTER 112] AN ACT For the relief of G. A. Trotter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of G. A. Trotter, former superintendent and special disbursing agent of the Zuni Indian Agency, for payments aggregating $102.40 made to Will Halloran as mileage for the use of his personally owned automobile while performing his official duties as road supervisor in the Indian Approved, April 17, 1937 Approved, April 17, 1937. April 16, 1937 [S. 1413] [Private, No. 44] Captain Eugene Blake, Jr., U. S . Coast Guard. Payment of court judgment against, au- thorized. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 17, 1937 [s. 1423] [Private, No. 451 G. A. Trotter. Credit allowed in ac- counts of. 943