Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 48 Part 2.djvu/159

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78d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 767-769. JUNE 26, 1984. 1431 in full settlement of all claims against the United States. Such sum is the amount of excess duties levied and collected from Martin- Walsh (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 durmg the years 1922 and 1923: Pf'O'Vided, That no part of the amount approl?riated in this Act in t orilo•. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or delivered to or ney!~,::~~of!e:~ attcJr. 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 vlolaUOD • . 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 768.1 AN ACT June:l8.111M. For the relief of John Hampshire. __ . 18.266.) (Private. No. 3C4 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative8 of tM l'nited States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary ~::=ire. for of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money damacee. • 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 I-l~71, dated July 29, 1927, for road construction and improvement m 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 continu- ance of the work in accordance with such contract: PrO'Vided, That t~ tw no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per ne)"Il .etc .• :C:~ a • centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys! on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claim. t 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 connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed PenaltyforvlolatioD. ~ilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. [CHAPTER 769.J AN ACT F TarmstroBot (talk) or the relief of the Edward F. Gruver Company. 18._,"",,)~=--- [Private. No. Ma., Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entative8 of the United States of AmJlwica in Oon{!1'ess assembled, That the Comp- Edward F. Oruver troller General of the United States is authorized to adjust and c~~ru:'~t to. 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. Vol. 4O,p. 1270. Approved, June 26, 1934.