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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 835, 838. AUGUST 30, 31,1935. centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with P8aa1t,ronlolatioD. said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any ~rson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 30, 1935. [CHAPTER 838.1 AN ACT AU(1!St 31, 11m. F'f f H FS ~ 2644.] or the rebe 0 the estate of arry . tern. (Private, No. 358 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and H0U8e of Representatives of the J.arry Fi s~. te r United State8 of America in Oongress a8sem1>led, That the Secretary ymen toes a o. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of anv money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representa- OODditiOD. tives of Harry F. Stern the sum of $18,704.89, but such payment shall not be made unless the Secretary of the Treasury receives evidence satisfactory to him that such legal representatives have paid a like sum (plus any penalty imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania before the expiration of ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such sum, payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the inherItance tax imposed by the laws of such Common- wealth on the estate of the sald Harry F. Stern, was erroneously paid to the United States as part of the ~"ederal tax, and its recovery ProNo. has been barred by the statute of limitations: Provided, That no De=~o&:~ attOl" part of the amount appropriated 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 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 Peualt,fOl'violation. said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son violatmg the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guiltv of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in ~ any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 31, 1935.