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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 194-196. APRIL 10, 1936. 2243 22, 1933, at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts: Pro- fr:ilon on attor- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess ney's, etc., fees. 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 connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed Penaltyforviolatioll. guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 10, 1936. [CHAPTER 195.} AN ACT For the relief of Stanislaus Lipowicz. A prj) 10, 1936. [H. R . 762.1 [Private, No. «2.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and H O1.tJje ot Representatives of the United State8 of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Stanislaus Lipowicz. Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Stanislaus Lipowicz, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the amount of a fine paid by Stanislaus Llpowicz in pursuance of a judgment entered upon a plea nolo contendere under certain provisions of the so-called "Lever Act" previous to the time that the Supreme Court of the United States held such provisions void: Provided, That no part of the nmount fr:t::iion on attor- appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be ney's, etc., fees. 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 exces::; of 10 per centum thereof on account (If services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions Penalty for violation. of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeiling $1,000. Approved, April 10, 1936. [CHAPTER 196.] AN ACT For the relief of Herman Schierhoff. April 10, 1936. Ill. R .977.) [Private, No. 443.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and HOWle of Representatlvcs of the United State8 of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Herman 8chlerhofl. Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approyriated, t he sum of $750 to Herman Schierhoif in full settlement of al claims against the United States for injuries received by being struck by a wagon the property of the United States Army, on or about October 20,1931, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri: Provided, That no fr~\ n ttor- part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per ney!~e~.:of~.n a 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