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2096 Prm>i30. Limitation on attor' ney's, etc., tees. Penalty for yiolntion. June 29,1935. [H. R . 3574.) {Private, No. 122 .) Nellie T. Francis. Payment to. June 29, 193~. [H. R. 4105.1 [Private, No. 12fl Julian C. Dorr. Credit in acccunts. Vol. 45, p. 697. Surety released. June 29, 1935. Ill. R.4S17.] [Private, No. 1':4.) 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. ellS. 341-344. JlTXE 29,1935. and convicted (Criminal Cause Numbered 415), but the sums men· tioned were erroneously ordered deposited in the Treasury of the United States, by decree of the court, to apply on unpaid fines and costs in the said criminal case: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 percentum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services remiered 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 centulll thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any p<:rson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and uron conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $ ,000. Approved, June 29, 1935. [CHAPTER 342.] AN ACT For the relief of Nellie T. Francis. Be it enacted by tM Senate and Home of Representativcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 Nellie T. Francis, widow of 'Villiam T. Francis, late minister r('si· dent and consul general at Monrovia, Liberia, the sum of $5,000, equal to one year's salary of her deceased husband. Approved, June 29, 1935. [CHAPTER 343.1 AN ACT For the relief of Julian C. Dorr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-,'eunta.tit·("8 of the United Sta.tes of America. in CongrC8s a.<l8('mbZcd, That the Comp- troller General is authorized and directed to credit the account of Julian C. Dorr, Department of State, fOl'llwrly AnH'rican Consul at Genoa, Italy, in the sum of $606.77, such sum haying been expended by the Depa.rtment of State in shipping the household t'fl'eets of said Julian C. Dorr from Gt'noa, Italy, to Barbados. British 'Y('st Indies, in connection with a change of assignment, and such expendi. ture having been charged to the account of said Julian C. Dorr by the Comptroller General on the ground that such shipment shoul~l have been made on an American vessel under the proyisions of section 601 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928. The suret y on the bond of the said Julian C. Dorr is hereby released from any' liability arising out of such expenditure. Approved, June 29, 1935. [CHAPTER 344.] AN ACT For the relief of Matthew E. Hanna. Matthew E. HannA. Credit allowed in aecoun ts ot. Be it enactcd by tlte Senate and H01.l~(' of /fe'Y)resentali1J(,8 of the United States of America in Congress a.8sem.bYe'd, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the sum of $921 to cover a disallow-