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 2178 AlMQlt :i6, 193. ' 1. PrfB. R. 611.) [ vate. No. 301 .) 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 705-707. AUGUST 26, 1935. [CHAPTER 705.] AN ACT Granting compensation to Walter F. Northrop. Be it enacted by the Senate a.nd H OU8e of Repre8entative8 of tM Walter F. Northrop. United States of America in Congre88 Q,8sembled, That the Secrc- Payment to. tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of allY money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500 to """alter F. Xorthrop, of Tenafly, New Jersey, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustaine~l by the said """alter F. Northrop when Rhot by a soldier at Edge~'ah'r, Xew Jersey, November 15, 1919: PrLiOf"liso .. tt P'l'ovided, That no part of the amount uI)propriated in this Act in m tation on!\ or- b . dl' .1 ney'~. etc., f~e s. excess of 10 per centum thereof shall e pmd or e Ivereu 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 connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary Penalty for violation. notwithstanding. .Anv person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty~of a misdemeanor and upon cOllviction thereof shall be fined in any 'sum not exceeding $1,000. .-\~t 26. 1935. [B. R .91.1.) (Private. No. 302 .) Approved, August 26, 1935. [CHAPTER 706.) AN ACT For the relief of Edgar Sampson. Be it enacted by the Sena.te and House of Reprelwntatives 01 tM. =Pf:ploy, United States 01 America in Congress Q,8sem1:Jled, That sections 15, ees' Com~tlon Act 17, and 20 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for eX~:I.~P. 74.5, 746. <'mployees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- u.8.('.• p.100. formance of their duties, and for other purposes ", appJ'oved Sep- tember 7t 1916, as amended (D. S. C., title 5, pars.t6;'>, 767, and 770, on p. 79J, are hereby waived in favor of Edgar Sampson, who is alleged to ha"e sustamed disability as the result of his employment in the United States Post Office, Brooklyn, New York, in December ?7o/lC?;)r benefits. 1927: Provided, That no benefits shaH accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Joe Reno. Payment to. Approved, August 26, 193;j. [CHAPTER 707.] AN ACT For the relief of Joe HellO. Be it enacted 'by tlte Senate and llottu 01 Represcntativ('s of 1M United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized nnd directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and in full settlement of all claims ngllin~t the rnited States, the sum of $500 to .Joe Reno, of Anchorage, Alaska~ to reilllblJI'Se the said Joe Reno on ad:ount of a departure bond paid by him in the ~um of $500 to the United States of America. on behalf of one Luigia Raieri, an ali~n, "~ho entered the Pnit<'<1 'Stat('s from Vancouver, British Columbul, (anada, on the 12th dav of .Januarv 1921. and who died in the United States on October i:?, 1921, before the' time