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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cns.472-474. 1930. 1885 SEC. 2. That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in tocn fe: at- excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or ,.,. received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys on account of services rendered or advances made in connection with said claim. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act mTarmstroBot (talk)tion a mOOe- shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall . be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 12, 1930. CHAP. 473. -An Act For the relief of Gertrude Lustig. June 12, 1000. [H. R. 1840.) [Private, No. 85.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep7'esentatives of the United States of America in Oon[ll'ess assembled, That the Secretary g15:05, 18 January 2013 (UTC)ifo for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tOlay, losses of pay and allow- f . hT h'. ancas Army Nurse out 0 any money III t e reasury not ot erwIse approprIate, to CorpS. Gertrude Lustig the sum of $1,286.53, being the amount she would have received as pay and allowances as chief nurse, Army Nurse Corps, from September 28, 1918, the date of her unjustifiable dis- missal from that position, to May 22, 1919, the date of her restoration to the service" Approved, June 12, 1930. June 12,1930. CHAP. 474. - An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to settle the claims [.;=Hc:.;'R=.~20;..::1::.:;1.)~_ of the owners of the French steamships P. L . M. 4 and P. L . M . 7 for damages [Private, No. 86 .) sustained as the result of collisions between such vessels and the United States ships Henderson and Lake Charlotte, and to settle the claim of the United States against the owners of the French steamship P. L . M. 7 for damages sustained by the United States ship Pennsylvanian in a collision with the P. L . M . 7 . Be it enacted by the Senate and HOWle of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary .. lttnct 4s,t;ea}r. of War be and he is hereby authorized and directed to settle the Li.r ·· '7." ~ t. claims of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a Ia or, r~l:r11no~d2::~ Mediterranee in the sums of 12,401 pounds sterling 2 shillings 8 to. pence and 1,384 pounds sterling 15 shIllings 9 pence, amounting in all to 13,785 pounds sterling 18 shillings_ 5 pence, for damages sus- tained by the French steamship P. L .M. 4 in a collision with tha United States ship Henderson, in the roadstead of Saint Nazaire, France, on or about October 14, 1917, and for damages sustained by the French steamship P. L. M. 7, in a collision with the United States ship Lake Charlotte, in the roadstead at BresthFrance, on August 25, 1918; and that the Secretary of War be, and e is hereby, author- ized and directed to settle at the same time the claim of the United States against the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee in the sum of $51,598.04 for damages sustained by the United States ship Pennsylvanian in a collision in the road- stead at Brest, France, on February 13, 1918, with the French steam- ship P. L. M. 7: Provided, That the sums claimed by the said Com- birC::°SettIement. pagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee shall be offset against the sum claimed by the United States, and, upon exchange of releases, such offset settlement shall be accepted by the claimant company and the United States as full and final settlement of all claims whatsoever arising from the collisions described in this Act. Approved, June 12, 1930.