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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS.244 -246. MAY 7,1934. 1341 [CHAPTER 244.) AN ACT Ma,,7,1I134. For the relief of Grace P. Stark. IH.R .31I62.) [Private, No. 114.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 01 tlte United States of America i1~ Congress (Msembied, That the Post- g~:1tPins=a. BCo master General IS authorized and directed to credit the accounts of counts. Grace P. Stark, postmaster at Marked Tree, Arkansas, in the sum of $161.58. Such sum represents the amount of a deficit in the accounts of the said Grace P. Stark, caused by the loss of postal funds deposited in the First National Bank of Marked Tree, Arkansas, which failed November 15, 1926. Approved, :May 7,1934. ICHAPTER 245.] May 7. 1934. AN ACT To provide Iln Ildditional appropriation as the result of a reinvestigation, pursuant --,l!!:~. 4?1~ to the Act of February 2, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 2047, pt. 2), for the payment of [l mate, t-;o. llS'J claims of persons who suffered property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosion at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926. Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representalives of tlte United Stales of America in Congress aRscmbled, That the sum of naI;!roa::no:l; $17,691.58 in full settlement of all claims against the Government pot. h fIU·dS be . d f. h Payment aut orized o tIe mte tates approprIate, out 0 any money In t e oCaddltional claims for Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to make TarmstroBot (talk)':a~used by u- payment of claims for property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosions at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926, to the respective _persons and in the respective amounts as recommended by the Comptroller General of the United States and as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 257, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and letters of the Comptroller General to the Congress, dated January 14 and February lQ, 1933, pursuant to the Act of Mar('h 2, 1927 (44 Stat., 4 Vol. ••• p. 1800; Vol. pt. 3, p. 1800), and the Act of February 2, 1929 (45 Stat., pt. 2, tJ. s, p. 2047. 2A047~ : PrO'L'ided f , ITOhat no part ofhthe ufmo 1 unlIt bappr°.Pdriated i!1 thIS fr::::ilon on uttor. ct III excess 0 per centum t ereo s 1a e pal or dehvered ney's, etc., ft:eS. 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 snm of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per C('Iltum therpof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any rerson viola.ting the provisions of this Act l'en:IItyrorviolatioo. shall be deemed guilty 0 a misdemeanor 1111(1 upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $l~OOO. Approved, May 7, 1934. [CHAPTER 246.] AN ACT F . f fEd' May 7, 1934. or the rehe 0 • ward J. DeVille. (1I.n . 4269.) • (V '-lhi';'Bte-;No-:--iT!f~) Be 'I.t enacted by the ornate and HOU8e of R('P'r('.'~cntative,'l of tlte United States of America in COn(!1'e8.~ a.~8elllblf?d, That the Adminis- Edward J. Dt'\"lnt'. trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to ~j, out of Paymen~ to. ror mur· • . •, luary serviI.'e s . the approprIatIon" MedIcal and hospital services ", to " ward J. Devine the snm of $65.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for under- taking services performed by E<1warll J. Devine in connection with the burial of Patrick J. Murtagh. Approved, :May 7, 1034.