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 FORTY FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 366, 367. 1878. 243 GHAP. 366.-An not to amend section twenty-five hundred and seventeen of the Re- June 20, 1878. vised Statutes of the United States, making Gardiner and Richmond, in Maine, ports —-—-—-———————· of entry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ln Congress assembled, That section twenty-tive hun- Customs-dip dred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States is *"°*¤ i¤,M¤*¤°· hereby amended by inserting in article ten, after the words “Bowdoin- Ktséifégt *”‘ 497* ham”, the words “Gardiner and Richmond”. ` Approved, June 20, 1878. CHAP. 367.-—An act relating to claim agents and attorneys in pension cases J unc 20, 1878. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, It shall be unlawful for any Pension eases. attorney, agent or other person to demand or receive for his services in, *‘·“°m*=5’¤’ f°°¤ a pension case a greater sum than ten dollars. No fee contract shall "" hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions in any case. In pending cases ln which a fee contract has heretofore been filed, if the pension shall be allowed, the Commissioner of Pensions shall approve the same as to the amount of the tee to be paid at the amount specified in the contract. Sections forty-seven hundred and sixty-eight forty- §· g·‘};g§· ¥’·g· seven hundred and sixty-nine and forty-seven hundred and eighty-six 1;:8:,,7,.},; {::937; of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any case or claim hereafter Not to apply, etc. tiled, nor to any pending claim in which the claimant has not been represented by an agent or attorney prior to the passage of this act. Sec. 2. Section forty-seven hundred and eighty-five of the Revised R.s.·1185.P·937» Statutes is hereby repealed. B°P°“l°d· Approved, June 20, 1878. _