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 1342 May 7,1934. [H.R .41119.) 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. ClIS.247-249. MAY 7,1934. [CHAPTER 247.) AN ACT For the relief of C. W. Mooney. [Private, No. 117.) Be it enacted by tlte Senate and Iiouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongr('88 a~scmbh'd, That the Secretary C. W. Mooney. Reimbursement lost postal funds. for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Tr('asury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $161.71, to compensate C. 'V. Mooney, of Lenapah, Okla- homa, for actual financial loss sustained by him, without negligenco on his part, through refund already made to the Post Office Depart- ment wherein postal funds for which he was responsible as post- master of Lenapah, Oklahoma, were on deposit in the First National Bank of Lenapah, Oklahoma, where said bank failed under date of November 19, 1923, and was liquidat~d, none of said slIm being repaid from the assets of said bank. Approved, May 7, 1934. [CHAPTER 248.] May 7,1934. [1I.R .4611 .) [Private, No:-lisT- A~ ACT For the relief of Barney Rieke. Be it enacted by the Senate and IIouse of Representatives of the Barney Rieke. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Of~=~t to, for loss of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropria~ed, the sum of $3,750 to Barney Rieke, because of the destruction of his PrOfl/.O. ~acht Barney Gootle by the United States Coast Guard: Provided, Llmltatio ttor· • • . • ney's, etc., a hat no part of t e amount appropriated III thIS Act III 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 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 connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penaltytorvlolation. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall he deemNI guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. May 7, 1934. [H.&. 4779.) (Private, No. 119.) Approved, May 7, 1934. (CHAPTER 249.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Oscar F. Lackey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 01 the t t scar F.Lackey,es - United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Comp- BAd!u.stment of claim troller General of the United St.ates be, and is hereby, authorized authorized. to adjust and settle the claim of Mary Lackey Combs, of Riderwood, Maryland, as executrix of the estate of Oscar F. Lackey, deceased, Provi.o. for $1,500: Pro-vided, That such payment to Mary Lackey Combs, mmed full settle- as executrix, shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States of the estate of said Oscar F. Lackey, for such injury Vol. 37, p. 1372. received by him and to allow said claim under the appropriation made by the Act of February 18, 1913 (37 Stat. 1372), for payment to the deceased for injuries received on 'November 21, 1905, while in the employ of the Isthmian Canal Commission as assistant engineer