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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. ellS. 204-206. MAY 3,1934. deceased, with the sum of $165.95, which amount was due and unpaid to Chief Boatswain Manghan at the date of his death on May 23, 1932, and was subsequently applied by the Comptroller General of the United States to offset in part the disallowallce of $911.94 then outstanding in the aecounts of Lieutenant Commander Irwin D. Coyle, Supply Corps, United States Navy. Approved, May 3,1934. (CHAPTER 205.J AN ACT For the relief of Edward V. Bryant. Be it enacted by tlle Senate mul House of Representatives of the 1331 May 3,1934. Ill.H.2169.) - [Prh·ate;No.oo.j - United States of A,nerica in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Edward V. Br)·aD.t. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to Edward V. by~eturn of flne pwd Brvant, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- at.ed, the sum of $2,400, the amount of a.fine paid by Edward V. Bryant in pursuance of a judgment entered upon a plea nolo contendere under certain provisions of the so-called "Lever Act" Vol. 41, p. 298. previous to the time that the Supreme Court of the United States he.ld such provisions void, the said plea and said payment being made under a stipUlation as follows: "In consideration that the Attorney General and his 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 such plea, except in the event that the so-called 'Lever Act ' under which said indictment is found shall be declared uncon- stitutional by the ~upreme Court of the United States and that no prosecution could be sustained upon the facts stated in said indictment. " Approved, May 3, 1934. [CHAPTER 206.] AN ACT MlIy3,1934. For the relief of Harry L. Haberkorn. III.R.2337.) [Private. No. 9f .) Be it enacted by th.e Senate a.nd HOU8e of Rep1'e.~enfati1'es of the United States of Arne-rica in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Harr)·L.Hs~rtorn. fIT . h'ddd' d f Payment to rorserv· o t 1e reasury IS aut orlze an Irecte to pay, out 0 any money lees. • in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Harry L. Haberkorn, San Antonio, Texas, the sum of $2.750 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for services actually performed as a clerk to Harry M. "Vurzbach from March 4, 1929, to February 9, 1930, both dates inclusive, said 'Vurzbach having been declared by the House of Representatives duly elected as a Represent- ative from the fourteenth congressional dIstrict of Texas in the Seventy-first Congress for the term commencing March 4, 1929: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in Prori80. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or L!mitatlon on attor· received by any agent or agent.."!, attorney or attorneys, on account of ney s, etc., fees. services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, 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 notwith- standing. Any ferson violating the provisions of this Act shall be Pen!llty for violation. deemed guilty 0 a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 3, 1934.