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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 783-785. AUGUST 27, 1931S. or indirectly, any fee or other compensation for assisting in any: manner any person in obtaining the benefits of this Act in excess of 10 ~r centum of the amount of the claim actually paid under this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Approved, August 27, 1935. [CHAPTER 784.] AN ACT For the relief of William J. Ryan, chaplain, rnited States Army. 2195 August 27, 1935. [H. R. 1912.) [Private, No. 337.] Be it enacted by th~ Senate and HO'UIJe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a8semhled, That the Secretary R;haPlain William J. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money P~iment to. in the Treasury not otherwise appropria~d, to 'Yilliam J. Ryan, United States Army chaplain, Fort 'Yinfield Scott, California, the sum of $225.75, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damage to his automobile as the result of an operation of the U nited Sta~s Army on Lincoln Boulevard, Presidio of San Francisco, California, on April 18, 1929: Provid-ed, That no part of n::::iion on attor· the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum ney's, etc., fee:<. thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection 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 notwithstanding. Any p(lr- Penalty for violation. son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeano" and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any ~um not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 27, 1935. [CHAPTER 785.] AN ACT For the relief of L. E. Geary. Be it enaded by the Senate and IIO'UIJf of Rep?'el~entati'l)(,8 01 the Cnited States of America in Congres.~ olisc1nbled, That the Secretary L. E . Geary. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, r.~,n~.'Yi)7o. out of the appropriation" New Vessel for Indian Service, Ala~ka, Emergency Construction ", contained in the First Deficiency Act~ fiscal year 1931 (46 Stat. 1070), the sum of $420 to L. E . Geary, of S('uttle, Washhlgton, in full ~ettlement of his c1aim against the Gov- ernment for S(lrvices rendered in preparing preliminary plans and estimates for a new ship for use in Alaska by the Ind iall Servi('e: Provided, That no part of the amount al)propriated in' this Act in PrJ'or.i$°t·· t " .Imlta IOn on at or· excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or delivered to or n!'y ·s. etc .• foos. received by any agent or agents, attorney or attOlneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent. or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, coIled. with- hold, or receIve any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of !'ervices r\lIH.lered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be Pl'Daltyfoniolation. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 27, 1935.