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73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS.254-256. MAY 7,1934. [CHAPTER 254.} AN ACT For the relief of Gale A. Lee. 1345 May 7, 1113•• (H.R .61136 .) (Private. No. 124.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State8 of America in Congre8s as8embled, That the Comp- g~lt'l~ toO- troller General of the United States is authorized and directed to counts. credit the account of Gale A. Lee, postmaster at Pueblo, Colorado, with the sum of $861.02, being the amount of payments made by such postmaster during the period August 16, 1930, to October 31 1932, as compensation at 65 cents per hour to Helen G. Engle, of Pueblo, Colorado, for services as a substitute postal clerk qualified as a stenographer, which amount was disallowed in his account because the employee was during the same period a clerical assistant at $1,500 per annum in the office of the deputy clt'rk of the United States district court at Pueblo, Colorado. Approved, May 7, 1934. [CHAPTER 255.} A;{ ACT For the relief of Lucien 1\1. Grant. May 7,1934. (B.R.6386 ·1 [Private, No-:I~ Be it enacted by the Senate and H OU8e of RepresentaUves of the United States of America in Congre88 as8embled, That the Secre· ~:~t. for tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed UpeDSM. to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap~ropriated, to Lucien M. Grant, lieutenant commander, ConstructIon Corps, United States Navy, the sum of $184.02 for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in transportation of his dependents and personal effects from Philaddphia, Pennsylvania, to Pensacola, Flor- Ida, and return, while carrying out orders of the Navy Department. Approved, :May 7,1934. {CHAPTER 256.} AN ACT May7,l934. For the relief of the Monumental Stevedore Company. (B.R. M38.J [Private, No. 126.J Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entatwe8 of tM United State8 of America in Congre88 as8embled, That the Secretary Monumental Stev. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, dO~~=Yiorcolli_ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and slondamacesiolighter. in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $677.75 to Monumental Stevedore Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, owner of lighter numbered 1, on account of damages caused to said lighter by collision therewith of the United States Coast Guard cutter Winnesimmet in the Patapsco River on the 17th day of September 1923: Provided, That no part Pror>!lO. of the amount appropriated In this Act in excess of 10 per centum ne~!~~::.lo~n attor- thereof 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, 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 PenaltyrorvlolBtlon. person violating the lrovisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 7, 1934.