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73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 853-855. JUNE 27, 1934. 1463 Archibald MacDonald, postmaster at Putnam, Connecticut, the sum of $143.86, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, for payment of loss of postal funds due to the failure of the First National Bank of Putnam: Pro'Vided, That ProoUo' l fh . ted' h' At' f10 Llmltat on on attor· no part 0 t e amount approprla Int IS C Inexcess0 per ney's, etc., •. 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. 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 Penalty for violaUon. person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 27, 1934. [CHAPTER 854.} AN ACT June 'n. 11134. For the relief of Lucy B. Hertz and J. W . Hertz. [8.887.) . [Private, No.•23.] Be it enacted by the Serude and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Lucy B. Hertz and of the Treasury is authorized and dir~ted to pay to Lucy B. He~tz J·~Y!,::rio. ror per. and J. W. Hertz, out of any money In the Treasury not otherWIse sonalinjuries. appropriated, the sum of $1,500, in full satisfa~tion of all claims against the United States on account of injuries sustained on FebruaI'Y 18, 1931, when the~ were struck by a bus belonging to the United States Indian Service: Pro'IJided, That no part of the amount Prllrliao. appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be L!mitation on attor· paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or ney s. etc., •• 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 Penalty ror violaUoD. provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. - Approved, June 27. 1934. [CHAPTER 855.} AN ACT For the relief of Uldric Thompson, Junior. IUr:. f3icir· (Private. No. 424.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tM United States of America in Oong1'e8S assembled, That jurisdiction U!dric Thompson. is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the Umted States, JU8i:in of. referred to notwithstand~ng the lapse of ~ime or the statute of limitations, to c~lessofofC=ie r:r hear, determme, and render Judgment under the Act of July 1 ru:;ltatIoDB. 1918 (40 Stat.L ., ch. 114, pp. 704, 705), on the claiIns of Uldri~ Vol. 40 . p . 706. Thompson, Junior, for the use of or the manufacture by the United States without license of the owner thereof or the lawful right to use or manufacture war material under certain inventions of said Uldric Thompson, Junior, described in or covered by Letters Patent