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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CBS. 154, 158. MARCH 18, 19, 1936. 2241 9421941 caused by robbery of a letter carrier in Chicago, Illinois, on DecemDer 6, 1932, such amount being the unexpended balance of a deposit made by the said bank with the Postal Service to defra.y the expense of a. cablegram to a postal official of Yugoslavia directing the return of registered letter numbered 531940, mailed at Chicago, November 25, 1932, by I van Markovic a.nd addressed to Marlja. Markovic in Yugoslavia. There is hereby appropriated, out of any· Appropriation. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $11.75 for the payment of this claim: Provided, That no part of the n:t::ii ttor- amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof ney's. etc.•o a shall be paid or delivered to or received by a.ny 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating PenaltyforvioOilltioOn. 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, :March 18, 1936. [CHAPTER I58.} AN ACT March 19. I•. For the relief of certain formerly enlisted members of Battery D, One Hundred [S.3173.) and Ninety-seventh Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), New Hampshire National -=:[P=-r,....,iv..:,ate;..;;.7.Ni-'-oO.~438-=-:".)­ Guard. Be it enacted by tlu; Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Am,erica in Congress assembled, That the Secre- NNew H=.sbire tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed ~!=~ toO ~tain to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- foOrmer membel'l! of. ated, men formerly enlisted as members of Battery D, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), New Hampshire National Guard, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for armory training during the period from No\'embpr 1, 1932, to .July 1, 1933, for which training they have not been paid becau3e, being employees of the United States Navy Yard at Ports- mouth, New Bampshire7 they were enlisted in yiolation of paragraph 3b (6) of NatIOnal Guard Uegulations 25 as then pro- mulgated: PrmWled, That the Secretary of 'Var shall have first 14:33, 19 November 2014 (UTC)n. determined the persons who are entitled to pay under this Act: Provided further That no part of the amount appropriated in this LimitatioOn on attor· 4.' f 1'0 t thfhIIb 'd dl' .1 n"y's, etc.• fees. i~ct In excess 0 per ('en urn preo s a epal or eIvereuto or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on ac('ount of services rendered in connection with said claims. 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 p('r centum thereof on account of servic('s rendered in connection with said claims, any contrn('t to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this PenaltyforviolatiOD. Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 19, 1936.