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 2170 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 662-664. AUGUST 24, 19a5. of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlaw- ful 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 ~r centum thereof on account of services renderell in connection wIth said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- ~altJtorv1olatloD. standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~ilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 663.) AN ACT Air.i~2iJo~· For the relief of Jose Munden. tprivate, No. 281.) Be it enacted by tM Serwte and House of Representatives of the Jose Munden. UniteflStates of America in Con rnoes8 assemhled, That the Secretary Payment to. h' d'd of the Treasury be, and he is hereby aut orized and Irecte to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jose Munden, formerly a rural letter carrier out of LongvIew, Texas, the sum of $583.26, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of six months retirement pay at the rate of $1.200 per annum less 3% per centum which 1 deducted on retirement fund: n:t::iton 9n attar- Provided, That no part of the amount appro:priated i~ this Act in DeY'S, etc., fees. 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 bt' unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact. collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the alllount 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 Penalty for violation. notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceedin~ $1~OOO. August 24, 1935. Ill. R. 3147.] [private, No. 282 .] Will A. Helmer. Pa.yment to. Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 664.] AN ACT For the relief of Will A. Helmer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rl?presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretarv of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pa,~. out of ap.y money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriut('d, to Will A. Helmer, of Battle Creek, Michigan, the sum of $15,090, thl' said sum representing the rental on four hundred acres of land. being a. farm owned by said Will A. He)mer, adjacent to Camp Custer, in Calhoun County, Michigan, which was taken over by the United States Government during the years 1917 to 1926, inclusive. and for damages done to the said land by the building- of a railroad through and over the said land, and for the ~aking of g-ravel from the land; for the destroying of fruit trees and other trees on said land. Approved, August 24, 193;'). 1 So In original.