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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 416-418. MAY 15, 1936. 2297 the death of his father, mother, and sister, who were killed when struck by a United States Army airplane which crashed at Griffith Park, Califon1ia, on June 20, 1935: Pro,vided, That payments here- TarmstroBot (talk)e date. under shall begin on the first calendar day of the month following the approval of this Act: P1'01Jided further. That no part of the L\mitation on attor· amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof ney s, etc., fees. shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney 011 account of services rendered in connectIOn with this claim, and 'he same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contra,ry notwith- !"tunding. Any person violating the rrovisions of this Act shall be Penalty for violation. dt'('me<i guilty of a misdemeanor all( upon cOllviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $LOOO. Approved, :May 15, 1936. [CHAPTER 417.] AN ACT For the relief of Ann Rakestraw. lJe it enacted l)y tIle Senate and llouse of Repre.'u'nia.tives of the United States of ~l7nerica in Congre8s assembled, That the Secretary Ann Rakestraw. 1 bd.1b h'd dd' ~_.l Payment to. of t 1e Treasury e, an he IS 1ere y, aut orlze an Irecwu to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ann Rakestraw the sum of $:-l,500 In full and final settlement of any and all claims against the Government for personal injuries suffered by her when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a Navy ambulance on September 13, 1935, at the intersec- tion of Twenty-second and M Streets Northwest, 'Vashington, Dis- trict of Columbia: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- Pr r ·o'1 t 'Ot·· t.~ . I' I' At' f10 t h fhIIb .I .Inll Ii IOU on a ""'- pnate( In t lIS C In excess 0 percenurnt ereo s a e pal<. ney'~, etc., fees. 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 person violating the Penalty for violation. 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, May 15, 1936. [CHAPTER 418.1 AN ACT For the relief of J. L . Summers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State8 of America in Congress a.'J8e1nbled, That the Comp- J . L. Summer:;. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized ac~~:~of~lowed in and directed to allow credit in the accounts of J. L. Summers, formerly disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department, for the sum of $38.12, being the amount disallowed on voucher 11557 in the June 1934 cash account of said disbursing clerk. Approved, :May 15, 1936.