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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESSa lIT. CHS. 273-275,284. 1931. 2119 against the Government, for injury received in the line of her duties as postmaster at Clam Falls, WIsconsin: Pro'Vided1 That no part fr:t:~i.ion on at- of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess Of 10 per centum tomey's, etc., rees. thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on a.ccount of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. It shall he unlawful for any agent or Excessive, unlawrul. 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 PenaIiyforvioJation. person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed gui1 y of a misdemeanor »'1.<1 upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 21, lQ31. CHAP. 274.- An Act For the relief of Alma RawBon. February 21, 1931. (fl. R . 6259.] [Private, No. 365.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Al~a Rawson. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, fo;t=:l..tO. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement against the United States Government} the sum of $176.50 to Alma Rawson as reimbursement for personal injuries .8.8 a result of slipping in a pudclle of water at the Crescent Street post o1lice, BrocKton Massachusetts, on May 11, 1928. Approved, February 21, 1931. CHAP. 276.- An Act To authorize issuance of a. pa.tent for certain lands to J. R . Murphy. Be it enacted by tM Senate and House of Representatives 01 the United States of Americo. in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in his discretion, to issue a patent to J. R. Murphy, of N2.shua, Montana, for the south half of southeast quarter, and southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 28 north, range 43 east, principal meridian, Montana, containing one hundred and twenty acres, which land is embraced iIi the reinstated homestead entry, Great Falls 054658, the oil and gas in the land to be reserved m accordance with the provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1401). Approved, February 21, 1931. February 21, 1931. [ll. U. 11820.] [Private, No. 366 .] 1. R. Murph, .. Land patent to. Oll and gas reserved. Vol. 44, p. 1402. February 23, 1931. CHAP. 284. -An Act For the relief of Joseph Pulitzer. [ll. u. 2IiOO.] [Frivate, No. 367.) F..; it enacted by the Senate and House of Repres6ntativee of the 10seph Pulitzer. United States of Ame1'ica in Oongress a8sembled, That the Secre- Rerund or fine, un· tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to Joseph der Lever Act. Pulitzer, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $1,750, the amount of a fine paid by Joseph Pulitzer in pursuance of a judgment entered upon a plea nolo con- tendere under certain provisions of the so-called Lever Act previous to the time that the Supreme Court of the United States held such provisions void, the said plea and said payment being made under a stipulation as follows: ' In consideratIon that the Attorney Gen- eral and this court shall accept the plea nolo contendere which I hereby tender to the above-entitled indIctment, I do hereby waive any and all fines which the court may see fit to impose upon me upon