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1948 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.747-7bO. 1930. Limitation on attor- SE~. 2. That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in ney's, etc., fees. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any a~ent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of Excessive, unlawful. services rendered III connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, 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 notwith- Penaltyforviolatlon. standing. Any ferson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~ilty 0 a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined III any sum not exceeding $1,000. lune 28, 1930. [H.R.7013.] [Private, No. 216 .] Approved, June 28, 1930. CHAP. 748.- An Act For the relief of Howard Perry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 01 tM ~~b~xitto. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to Howard Perry, of Ellijay, Georgia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $609.26. The United States, socting through its duly constituted officers,. R.S.S8C .3450, p.682. sold to said Howard Perry on February 11, 1925, under Revised u.s.c., p.844. Statutes, section 3450, one Nash roadster automobile, serially num- bered 265696, motor numbered 148585, for $505, which was paid by s9,id Perrv, and thereafter Hartford Fire Insurance Company insti- tuted a trover suit against said Perry in the superior court of Gil- mer County, Georgia, for the recovery of said automobile and which suit was removed to the United States District Court for the North- ern District of Georgia and tried in said court at Atlanta, Georgia, on June 21, 1926, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plain- tiff in the sum of $505 principal, $44.18 interest, and $60.08 costs, which sums, aggregating $609.26, were paid by said Howard Perry and thus occasioned him a loss of said aggregate amount, lune 28, 1030 . [H. R . 70:>6.] [Private, No. 217.) Approved, June 28, 1930. CHAP. 749. -An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fanor Flores and Pedro Flores. - . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ~:~~e~~or~. widow United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary andfatner,fordeathof. 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 $1,000 to Mrs. Fanor Flores, and the sum of $500 to Pedro Flores, the widow and father, respectively, of Fanor Flores, formerly of Matagalpa, Nicara,gua, who was aCCIdentally killed by' shooting by a member of the United States Marine Corps, on AprIl 27, 1927, at Matagalpa, Nicaragua. lune 28, 1930. [H. R . 7027.] [Private, No. 218 .) Paul Franz, Navy. Reimbursement to. Approved, June 28, 1930. CHAP. 760.-An Act For the relief of Paul Franz, torpedoman, third class. United States Navy. 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 to Paul Franz, torpedoman, third class, United States Navy, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of