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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 294-296. MAY 4! 1936. [CHAPTER 294.] AN ACT For the relief of Edwin Pickard. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1l00000e of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress a.flsembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed t0l.ay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, to Edwin Pickard, of Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, the sum of $20.20 in full settlement of his claim against the United States for service renuered as United States commissioner for the northern district of Alabama, middle division, from October 4, 1934, to October 31, 1934. Approved, :r..lay 4, 1936. [CHAPTER 295.] AN ACT For the rclief of W. H . Dean. 2267 May 4, 1936. IH. R . 8685.J [Private, No. 495.] Edwin Pickard. Payment to. May 4, 1936. IH.R. 9076.) [Private, No. 496.] Be it enacted by tlte Senate and IIoU.Je of Reprcscntatives of the United States of Amc·rica in COl/gres8 (U;semlJled, That the Secretary }YaTarmstroBot (talk)t~:: of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to ~'Y. H. Dean the sum of $200 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for salary withheltl from him for services r(·ndered as foreman of construction work at the Rosebud Indian Agency, Rosebud, South Dakota, during July and August 19:1,0: !I'ovided, That no part of the amount appr?priated !n this Act n~;I:~iion on :lttor. III excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or delIvered to or ney·s . etc.• fees. received by any agent {Jr agentst attorney or attorneys, on account of services renueI't'd in connectIOn with ~mid 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 I'enlltytorviolation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any SHm not exceeding $1,000. Approved, ~fay 4, 1936. [CHAPTER 296.] AN ACT For the relicf of Myrtle T. Grooms. Be it r:naded by tlle Sena.te and HO'UJ1e of Representativ('.'1 of tlte United States of AllU!rica in Oongress a.flsembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Myrtle T. Grooms, of Kansas City Missouri, the sum of $_5,000. Such sum shall be in full settlenwnt of all claims against the United States on account of the death of 'ViUiam J. Grooms the husband of the said .Myrtle T. Grooms. The said 'Yilliam J. drooms, at the request of the officers of the Federal Government, accompanied them and assisted in the return to Leavenworth Penitentiary of one Frank Nash, an escaped convict; and the said 'Villiam J. Grooms, t()b~thel' ,\-ith others of the Federal officers. wa:,; slain at Kansas City, Mis- ~ouri, on June Ii, 1933, by forces of ganguom attempting the release lIHOtfl -:tll-- J .,. 11 _1:>

'>tay 4. 1936.

[II. R . 9171.) 1Private. No. 497.]

>.tyrtle T. Grooms.

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