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74'fH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS.58-60. FEBRUARY 11,1936. 2219 June 26, 1934, to March 1, 1935, of the automobile parking lot loca.ted on Government 1?roper!-Y, adjoining the new Customhouse, Th:nver, .Colo~o: Provided, That no pe.rt of the amount apfro- r~iion on attor- pnated m thIS Act m excess of 10 per centum thereof sha1 be ney's, etc., fees. paid or delivered to or received by a.ny agent or agentB, 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, oollect, withhold, or receive any sum of the· amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 ~r centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection wIth said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating Penalty for .iolation. 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, February 11, 1936. [CHAPTER 59.] AN ACT February 11,1113&. For the relief of M.l!ior Edwin F. Ely, Finance Department; Captain Reyburn -- .- .::-c:- 'I(::;.; .SS••~ 2343r·]~~ Engles, Quartermaster Corps; and others. [Private, No. 387 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and H O'U8e 01 Repre8entative8 of the United States ol.A1Mrica in Congre88 a88ernlJlid, That the Comp- Major Edwln F. Ely. Credit in aocoun1s. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Major Edwin F. Ely, Finance Department, United States Army, in the sum of $708.12, being pay- ments made by Captain Reyburn Engles, Quartermaster Corps, his agent officer at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in 1931 and 1932, to certain enlisted men on duty at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for additional work performed by them in repairing and mamtaining the lOst utilities at Fort O~lethorpe, Georgia: PrO'Vided, That any an all reru'n~. such portions of thIS sum as may have been refunded to the United States by reason of the payments made as above shall be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to be repaid to the individuals involved, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appr~pri- ated: Provided ,wrther, That no charges shall be made against Cap- b.ReJease of responsl- tain Engles or any of the enlisted men involved, on account of these llity. transactions. Approved, February 11, 1936. [CHAPTER 60.] AN ACT February 11, 1113&. For the relief of Major Joseph H. Hickey. (S.2i4l.) (Private, No. 388 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen:tatives 01 the United States of America in Congress assemlJled, That the Secre- ~8Jor Joseph H. tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed IIp!~ent to. to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, to Major Joseph H. Hickey, United States Army, retIred, the sum of $3,880.28, in full settlement of all claims against the Gov- ernment of the United States for a shortage in public funds due to irregularities in the accounts of a noncommissioned officer, now deceased, which officer was in charge of the commissary, New Orleans General Depot, September 1920 to August 1921, and for which shortage Major Hickey has accounted to the United States Govern- ment: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this PrL.IK~o·i . f h fhIIbe 'd dI' dt lmltaton on attOJ' ActInexcess0 10percentumt ereo s a pal or e Iyere 0 ney's , etc., fees. or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be 104019°-:16-PT 11 -12