1352 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. ells. 274-276. MAY 9, 1934. per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection Penalty for violation. 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 upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. May 9, 1934. [H.R .4847.) [Private, No. 14L) Approved, May 9, 1034. [CHAPTER 275.) AN ACT For the relief of Galen E. Lichty. Be it enacted by tlte Senate a,nd House of Representatives of the Galen E. Lichty. United States of America in Congress a.~sembl('d, That the Secretarv Reimbursement for f h T b . Ib l'ddd' d . stolen postal funds. 0 t e reasury e, and he IS lere y, aut lOrIZe an lrecte toO pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $554.70 in full settlement of all claims against the Govern- ment of the United States, to Galen E. Lichty, stamp clerk of the post office at Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, to reimburse him for funds stolen from the Beatrice post office by unknown persons on Pr L ' O~' O'. the day of November 17, 1928: Provi(Zed, That no part of the amount lIU1tatlon on attor- . d'h'A . f10 h fillb ney's, etc., fees. apprOprIate III t IS ct III excess 0 per centum t ereo s la e paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connectioll with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, toO exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum t11ereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation. contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any 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, l\lay 0, 1034. [CHAPTER 27G.} AN ACT May 9, 1934. [H.R .7279.) For the relief of Porter Brothers and Biffle and certain other citizens. -(private, No.-1 4Z:-)- Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou.'Je of Representath'cs of the Porter Brothers and United Statl'S of America in Congress assembled, That Porter B~~y bring suit in Brothers and Biffie, a copartnership composed of H. L . Porter, L. A . district court for loss Porter and J 'V. Biffie· Spradlincr and Porter Brothers a copart- of certaln cattle •' • ,~ , . nerslup composed of Royal Spradling, H. L . Porter, and L. A . Porter; Henry Price, Royal Spradling, J. L . Keith, 'V. T . Brum- mett; Price and Florence, a copartnership composed of Henry Price and Buster Florence; J. B . O'Harro and estate of G. J. Keith, their heirs, legal representatives, executors, administrators, and Statutes of Iimita- assigns, and statutes of limitation!'> being waived, are hereby author- Uons waived. ized to enter suit in the United States District Court for the North- ern District of Texas for the amount alleged to be due to said claim- ants from the United States by reason of the alleged neglect of the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, in certifying as clean of splenetic fever ticks, cattle shipped from Texas to Oklahoma in the year 1919. 1urlsdiction of court. SEC. 2. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas to hear and deter- mine all such claims without the intervention of a jury. The action in said court may be presented by a single petition makmg the United States party defendant, and shall set forth all the facts upon which the claImants base their claims, and the petition may be verified by the agent or attorney of said claimants, official letters, reports, and
