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73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 452,453. JUNE 11, 1934. [CHAPTER 452.] AN ACT For the relief of Catherine Wright. 1381 lune 11, 1a.. [S.620.) [PrIvate, No. 220.] Be it enacted by tM Senate and House of Repre8entatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Catherine Wrlcht. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of an! money Paymentto. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Catherine Wright, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for damages arising out of the embezzlement by a former United States commissioner for the north- ern district of California of a like sum deposited with him as bail on PrOflUo August 2, 1930, by John F. Sullivan: Provided, That no part of the L!IDltatlon on attar- amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof Dey s, etc., (ees. 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, attor- ney 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 fhI fi Penalty (or violation. upon conviction thereo s a I be ned in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1934. ICHAPTER 453.] AN ACT For the relief of Lueco R. Gooch. lune 11, 1934. [So 1077.) [Private, No. 221 .) Be it e1UlCted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UfnihtedTStates ofbeAmerwd'ha i,,!, 0hongbress allshem~ledd, Thdadt .the Sdccretary *~~b~:n~' (or o t e reasury ,an eIS erey,autoflze an lrecte to pay medleal expenditures. to Lueco R. Gooch, of Henderson, North Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap:propriated, the sum of $516.28, in full satisfaction of all claims agamst the United States on account of expenditures made by him in the medical treatment of his son, Lueco R. Gooch, Junior, private, Company C, One Hundred and Twentieth Infantry, North Carolina National Guard, who was injured in the line of duty on July 16, 1929, at Camp Glenn, North Carolina, during the field-training period July 7 to July 21, 1929: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in rr:t::ilon 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 ferson violating the provisions of this Act Penaltyforviolatlon. shall be deemed guilty 0 a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1934.