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 2150 .~19.111U. 8.".) lPr.ue .No.m .) 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 573, 574. AUGUST 19, 1936. (CHAPTER 573.] AN ACT For the relief of Sudden and Christenson, Inco~rated, John A. Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. W . McNear, Incorporated, or their 8UCCessors in interest. Be it enacted by the Senate and HOUBe of R~re8entati'Ve8 of the .: :!-r and c~ United States of America in Oongl'es8 a8serrihled, That the Secretary aDd Oib.ri~oorpora of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to i'Q 'IMDUo. pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $7~8i}25.83, with interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from May 19, 1927, to the date of the approval of this Act, iintll", to Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, John A. Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. 'V. McNear, Incorporated or their successors in interest, upon receil?t by the Secretary of State of satisfactory releases from the respective claim- ants of all claims for damages resulting from the capture on January 27t 1916, and subsequent use by the British Government of the steam- ShIP Edna, as recommended in the decision rendered on December 22, 1934, by the arbitrator, John Clark Knox, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: rr:t:ilon on attar- Provided, That no part of the amount appro{>riated iI~ this Act in ..y's,etc.,rees. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or dehvered to or received by any a~ent or agents, attornev or attorneys, on account of serviC('s rendered III connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect., with- hold, or r('ceive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 {>t'r centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection With said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- Penalty for violation. standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~uilty of a misdemeanor antI upon conviction thercof shall be fined 111 any sum not exceeding $1,000. August 19. 193.'\ . IS. 2751 .) - rPrivate. No. Approved, August 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 574.) AN ACT For'the relief of Walter C. Price and Joseph C. Le Sage. Be it enactcd by the Senate and House of Rcpl'c8cntath'('s of the J Wn ('Le and United State8 of America in OOllgrct'l.'l m~8embled, That former Post- V1!8ft~alnst~tl\1 master 'Valter C. Price and former Assistant Postmaster ~Toseph C. accounts of, released. Le Sage, both of Huntington, 'Vest Yirginia, be rel(>ased from the claim of the United States Government against them in the s(>ttl(>- ment of the shortage of approximately $10,428.24, caused b,' tho defalcation of Samuel T. Shawver, in the post office. nt Huntillgton, 'Vest ,rir~nia. C'redltallowed. SEC. 2 . The Comptroller General of the United States IS author- ized and directed to credit the account of "T alter C. Price, former postmaster at Huntington, West Yirginia, with the sum of $10,428.24, which amount is charged against snid acconnt 88 the result of embezzlement of money order funds by Sa;.ulllci T. Shawn'r, former clerk in charge of the money order section at said post oflict.>. Approved, August 19, 1935.