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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. Cns.592-595. 1931. 2163 sustained due to the careless operation of a United States Army truck, Ross Field, A!,cadia1 Cal~fornia:. Provided, That no part of Primo. the amount approprIated In thIS Act In excess of 10 per centum L!m1tatlon on attor· thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or ney s, etc, fees. agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive Excessive, unlawful. 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 per- Penalty for violation. son 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, ~farch 5, 1931. CHAP. 693.- An Act For the relief of William L. Bruhn. March 5, 1931. [H. R. 24611 .) [Private, No. tnI.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entative8 of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That in the admin- :lli~ Lre!":fn . istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rected. r cor- honorably discharged soldier William L. Bruhn, who was a member of Battery I, .Second Regiment United States Artillery, shall here- after be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that organization on the 11th day of November, 1899: Provided, That ~tpay,etc. no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, ~1ar('h 5, 1931. CHAP. 694.-An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Doctor W. A . Cox. y:-tIi6~t· [PrIvate, No. 5011.) Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary fartordW, A . Cox. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, tion ::;vi:\~"t:'= out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise toestateof. appropriated, the sum of $1,293.83 to the estate of the late Doctor W. A . Cox, for services performed durin~ his lifetime in immigration inspection at the port of Pascagoula, MIssissippi. Approved, March 5, 1931. March Ii, 1931. CHAP. 696.- An Act For the relief of Thomas C. Edwards. [H. R. 8953.) [Private, No. Iil0 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and Hcyuse of Representati'J)es of the United States of America in Oongress (UJsembled1.. That the claim 6~,!masrc. E~ards. of Thomas C. ~dwards growing out of losses suttered under con- trac:'~?er:i to b~:t tracts of June 13, 1917, for delivering hay to the Quartermaster of Claims. Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is hereby referred to the United States Court of Claims with jurisdiction to hear the same to jud~- ment and with instructions to adjudicate the same upon the basIS of the losses suffered due to conditions arising out of the late war, to the cancellation of orders given by the Government for the delivery of the hay, and the encountering of a. severe drought. Approved, March 5, 1931.