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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 204, 205. APRIL 10, 1936. the superintendent and special disbursing agent of the Keshena Agency for deposit to the credit of David Duquaine, Junior, mmor son of David Duquaine, Senior, of th~ village of Neopit, Wis- consin, the sum of $1,061.09 in full settlement of his claim against the United States, or any employee thereof, for injuries sustained by being severely burned, due to the negligence of a Government nurse, while receiving treatment in a Government hospital, located 2247 on the Menominee Indian Reservation at Keshena, Wisconsin: Pro- Pr0vi801. tImed, That said $1,061.09 shall be handled in the same manner as ot~: I!a:YS~ other individual Indian moneys and out of said appropriation the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay the court costs in the case of David Duquaine, Junior, against Audra Ball in the county seat of Shawano County, Wisconsin, upon proper release of the judgment in said case being obtained and entered of record: Provided further, That no part of the amount appropriated in this L!mitation on attoro- Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to ney s, etc., fees. or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlaw- ful 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be pcnultyrorviolation. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 10, 1936. [CHAP'rER 205.] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas F. Gardiner. tfr~.08l~J.~· [Private, No. 452 .] Be it enacted by the Senate arul IIouse of Rep!cscntatives 01 the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Comp- TbomasF.Oardlner. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized au~I~J:fz:~nt or claim and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Thomas F. Gardiner arising out of his contract entered into December 1930 for furnish- ing transportation by means of a dog team to G. R. Gardner, Super- intendent of Education, Southwest District of Alaska, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, in connection with an inspection trip by the said superintendent to the various schools in his district, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim all amount not exceeding the sum of $200.50. Thel'e is hereby appro- Appropriation. priated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $200.502 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of such claIm: 'Provided, That no part of the amount Pr L ·~·i . d' h' At' f10 t tl f h 11 be Imltat on on Iltto~· approprIate m t IS C III excess 0 per cenum lereo s a 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 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 the PenRlty ror violation. 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, April 10, 1936.