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 2148 74TH CONGR}~SS. SESS. I. CBS. 568-570. AUGtiST 19, 1935. any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated by virtue of this Act in excess of 5 1?er centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary haalt7forvtolatiOD. notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of the Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exce('ding $1,000. Approved, August 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 569.] A t 19.1935. AN ACT - -- . .;;::T. 21ftO,L ._ For the relief of the George C. Mansfield Company and George D. Mansfield. ,Private. No. 233 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and HOU8e of Repre8entatives of the George C. Mansfield United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the George ecu:-lrl:' dam",", C. Mansfield Company and George D. Mansfield, of Milwaukee, _l Dcourt ofClalms. Wisconsin, are hereby authorized to bring suit against the United States to recover damages for any loss or losses which they may have suBered because of the action of the Federal Food Administration, division of enforcement, in directing and compelling said Geor~e C. Mansfield Company amI said George D. Mansfield to sell certam ~lldlCtion 00Jl0 cheese products. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court . of Claims of the United States to hear, consider, and determine such action on its merits, and to enter decree or judgment against the United States for the amount of such actual loss, if any, as may be found due to said George C. Mansfield Company and said Geor~ D. Mansfield, without interest, with the same right of appeal as m other cases, notwithstanding the lapse of time or statute of limita- tions or the tortious character of the action: Provided, That such action shall be brought within six months from the date that this Prot>iIo. Time limitation. A1JCI!St 19. 1935. lS.2168.) [Private, No. ~4.) Act becomes eBective. Approved, August 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 570.] AN ACT For the relief of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate a:nd H OU8e of Representatives of tM BellTelephoneCom- United States of America in Oonnl'ess a8sembled, That the Secretary pall)' of Pelmsylvania. O? Parment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, the sum of $53.55, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for dama~s to its telephone pole and wires as a result of an accident inyolvmg a truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Strattonville, Penllsvh-allia, 011 n:t:ilon on attor- November 4, 1933: Provided, That no part of the amo~unt appro- DeY'S, etc., fees. priated 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 daim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive ar.y sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per c'(.ntum thereof on account of services rendered in connection With said claim, any PenaltyforviolatiOD. contract to the contrary notwithstandin~. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be dee mea guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 19, 1935.