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 2156 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHs.572-574. 1931. March 4, 1931. CHAP. 672. - An Act For the relief of the New York Marine Company. [H. R. 9676.J [Private, No. 487.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the c!:::miork Marine United States of America in Oongress assembled, That there be, and si~mpefi"atit>"n to, for is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ngo ts arge. wise appropriated, the sum of $1,182, and that the said sum be paid to the New York Marine Company as just compensation and in full settlement and satisfaction of its damages and loss incurred and suffered by the sinking of its -barge Liberty, on December 1, 1924, t~f::ilon on at- by the Coast Guard cutter Manhattan: Provided, That no part of tomey's, etc., fees. the amount appropriated in this Act in 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 in Excessive, unlawful. 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 Penalty for violation. said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 4, 1931. March 4, 1931. [H. R. 9660.J CHAP. 673. -An Act For the relief of the widow of John Curtis Staton. [Private, No. 488 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the John Curtis Staton. United States of America in Oongress a.'lsembled That the Secretary Payment of salary to .'. widow ot. of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorized and dIrected to March 4, 1931. [H. R. 10052.) [Private, No. 489.) pay to the widow of John Curtis Staton, late assistant postmaster at Atlanta, Georgia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,302.96, such sum representing the amount of accrued salary during his illness. Approved, March 4, 1931. CHAP. 674.-An Act For the relief of A. J . Bell. Be it enaoted by the Senate and House 01 Rep1'e8entatives 01 the purch~ri'Jor land of the Treasury be authorized and directed to pay to A. J. Bell, of erronoo y so • Pulaski, Tennessee, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $900, which was paid on August 20, 1921, to a deputy United States internal revenue collector for the purchase of land ef Dan Howard, sold by the Government at public auction under distraint warrant, and saId fund was deposited in the United States Treasury. Said land was never delivered by the United Condition. States into the possession of said A. J. Bell. SEC. 2. That payment of said sum of money to said A. J. Bell shall be made upon condition that the said A. J. Bell deliver, prior to the payment, quit-claim deed to the collector of internal revenue for the district of Tennessee conveying to the United States aU the right, title, and interest of the said A. J. Bell in and to said land. Approved, Mr..rch 4, 1931.
 * ~e~uthorized of United States 01 America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary