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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CBS. 875-877. JUNE 29, 1936. (CHAPTER 875.] AN ACT For the relief of D. E . Wooldridge. 2371 lane 211, 11138. (B. R . 3943.) (Private, No. 726.] Be it enacted by the Senate aM House of Representative8 of the United State8 of America in Oongre88 aB8embled,- That the Secretary D. E . Wooldridge. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to D. E . Wooldridge the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries received by him when struck on the head and face by a keg filled with moonshIne whisky and dropped by Charles Campl>ell, an investigator of the Alcohol Beverage Unit, during a raid at La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky, on January 28, 1934: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Pr L . ~o.. A. f hfh11beddl'd 1ID1tation on attor· ctInexcess0 10percentumt ereo s a pal or e lvere to 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 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 Penalty for violation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 29, 1936. (CHAPTER 876.] AN ACT Authorizing the President to present a gold medal to George M. Cohan. June 29,1936. [H. R . 4641.) [Private, No. 727.) Be it enacted by the Senate aM HOUBe of Repre8entatives of the United State8 of America in Oongre88 aB8em.hled, That the President ~~:r r.:o cg.banPre- is authorized to present, butcJ!2.t in the name oCQQ.ugress, a gold Mnted to. medal of appropriate desigh to G"eorge M. COhan, in recolPlition of his services dunng the World War in composing the patriotic song "Over There", and prior thereto that thrilling song "A Grand Old Flag." Approved, June 29, 1936. [CHAPTER 877.} AN ACT For the relief of Perry H. Callahan and Malcolm W. Callahan. June 29, 1936. [B. R . 12M.) [Private, No. 728.] Be it enacted by the Senate aM H0'U8e of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongre8s aB8embled, That the Secre- ~e~in~~ tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any ~8D. • money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, Jointly to Perry Payment to. H. Callahan and Malcolm 'V. Callahan, of J acbon, Tennessee, the sum of $317, in full settlement of their claim against the United States for damages to a building formerly owned by them in Jack- son, Tennessee, and resulting from the condemnation and demoli- tion by the Government in 1933 of certain property adjacent to and adjoinin~ sai4 bui!ding: I:'rovided, That no part of the amount rr:t:~tion on attor· appropriated In thIS Act 1D excess of 10 per centum thereof shall DeY's, etc., fees. 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