SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CR. 670. 1930. and necessary personal property lost as a result of war-time condi- tions in 1917; and 1921 To the children of Elias A. Zamroud, former dragoman of the TarmstroBot (talk) of Elias .A . , American consulate at Aleppo, Syria, the sum of $2,000, as an act of grace in recognition of long and devoted service to this Government, especially for his services in Turkey during the World War period: ?rovided, That no part of the amount appropria~ed in thi.s Act f[:t:~tion on attor. III 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 Rccount 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 Excessive, unlaWful. this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of mTarmstroBot (talk)tlon, a misde- this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- . tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The Full settlement. aforestated amounts shall be considered in full settlement of the aforesaid claims. SEC 2 That if the Secretarv of State shall find that any E!y- Deduction to be . . . .".. made or any payments ment on account of anl mdIVldual loss herem set forth has en by foreign govern· made to or on behalf 0 any of the claimants herein named by any ments. foreign government, the amount of such payment shall be deducted
- from the amount herein authorized to be paid to such claimant:
Provided, That any payme~t which hereafter may be made on ~~:~'payments by account of any of the aforesaId losses, to or on behalf of any of the foreign governments aforesaid claimants by any foreign government through the Depart- covered in. ment of State, in an amount not to exceed the amount actually paid to any of the aforesaid claimants shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 3 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby, Of~a:ZJar:ese earthquake author!zed and directed to pay to Ellwood G. nabbitt and to the dTarmstroBot (talk) 15:12, 18 January 2013 (UTC)tsfgrP'~~ followmg officers and em1?loyees then attached to the office of the due to. commerCIal attache at Tokya, Japan, the amounts respectively set after their names, as a result of lJsses of personal property sustained due to the Japanese earthquake which occurred on September 1 1923: Ellwood G. Babbitt, trade commissioner"", $7,254; estate of James F. Abbott, commercial attache, $1,380; J:'aul P. Steintorf, assistant trade commissioner, $662.50; Helen Powell, clerk to com- mercial attache, $54.50; and to Julius Klein, formerly American commercial attache at Buenos Aires, Argentina, the sum of $6,316, such sum representing the value of personal property lost by ship- wreck on June 7, 1919, while traveling under orders. SEC. 4 . That the General Accounting Office be, and it is hereby, ~~!dI:Tn":c:~~' authorized and directed to credit the account of Fayette W. Allport, commercial attache, Berlin, Germany, with the sum of $200, such sum representing the amount stolen from his safe in the office of the American commercial attache at Berlin, Germany, on the night of March 26, 1924. URWbb SEC. 5 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, JapBIi.ese~hqUake. authorized and directed to pay to U. R . Webb, commander, Medical losses. Corps, United States Navy, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $6,534 in reimbursement for the loss by earthquake and fire of personal property in Yokohama, Japan, while he was serving as commanding officer of the United States naval hospital at Yokohama, Japan. Approved, June 27, 1930.
