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 1412 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 645-647. JUNE 18, 1934. the passage of this Act and the payments above provided for shall L~tatioD OD attor· be in full settlement of all claims against the United States: Pro- "'y I, etc., f_. vided further, That no part of 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 connection with said claim. It shall be unlaw- ful 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 PenaltyforviolatioD. in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any ferson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~ilty 0 a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 18, 1934. [CHAPTER 646.] AN ACT IUDe 18, 1934. [H.R .8116 .) For the relief of May L. Marshall, administratrix of the estate of Jerry A; [Private. No. 298.) Litchfield. Be it e'M;(Jted by the Senate and IIouse of Represetntatives of the ~e:r~e!i t:tc:~: United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- istratrix of estate of. tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to payout of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and In full settlement a~ainst the Government, the sum of $5,000 to May L. Marshall, admimstratrix of the estate of Jerry A. Litchfie)d, who was killed on the night of December 7, 1925, in a collision between the barge Pine Grove and the highway bridge at Coinjock, North Carolina, while said bridge was owned and operated by the United States, and by: the lowering of the draw of said bridge on the pilot house of the barge Pine Grove, in which said Jerry A. Litchfield Proflilo. was a passenger: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated ~:19:16, 8 July 2014 (UTC). f:~. at· in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to, or received by, any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in 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 appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 J?er centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection WIth said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstandin~. PeDalty for V!OlatiOD. SEC. 2. Any person violatmg 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, June 18, 1934. [CHAPTER 647.) JOINT RESOLUTION IUDe 18, 1934. --r.:~[8;:::.I:..;:.Res;=:.~1~17.:.l.,')..- Authorizing the President of the United States to present the Distinguished [Priv. Res., No.2 .) Flying Cross to Emory B. Bronte. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Emory B. Bronte. United States of America in OonflV1'ess assembled That the Presi Distinguished FlyiDg • • ~•., - Oross to be presented dent of the Umted States IS authOrIzed to present the Distinguished to. Flying.9ross to .Emor~ B. Bronte, of San Fra!1cisco, California, in recogmtIOn of hIS herOIC courage and great skIll as a navigator on the second successful airplane flight from California to the Hawaiian Islands, made under extremely adverse weather conditions in twenty. five hours, two minutes, on July 14 and 15, 1927. Approved, June 18, 1934.