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 2254 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. eHS. 235-237. APRIL 17, 1936. Pr0lJi60. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc, fees. Penalty for violation. Ar,ril 17, J!J36. [8.312 .0;.1 [Private, No. 4f,s.1 J. A. Hammond. Paymcnt to. PrOvi30. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for violation. April 17. 1936. [S.344 ·O;.1 [Private, No. 469·1 Andrew Jackson Tal- ley and Decca Adeline Talley. Designated lands quitclaimed to. Description. Government-owneu truck, on October 5, 1934: Provided, That no 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 ren- dered in connection with said claim_ It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or r~ceive 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. Anv p<>rson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guihy of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fineu in any sum not exceeding $1,000_ Approved, April 17, 1936. [CHAPTER 236.] AN ACT For thc relief of J. A. Hammond. Be it erwcted l)y the SClwte and Ilowse of Representatives of the United 8tatl'8 of Am.erica in COllgress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. A . Hammonu, of Laurel, Mississippi. the sum of $120.10 in full settlement of all claims against the Government for injuries sustained hy him on February 12, 1934, when an automobile in which he was ridmg collided with a truck of the Forest Service driven by G_ A . Smith, Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee, on a Mississippi hi~hway: pj'ovi-ded, That no part of the ~lmount appropriat~d in tins Act in ex~ess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or reecived by any agent or agents, attorlH.· y or nttorneys, on account of serviees 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 p~r centulll thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat ing t he provisions of this Aet shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceedillg $1,000. Approved, April 17, 1936. [CHAPTER 237.] AN ACT To authorize thc Secretary of Agriculture to release the claim of the Lllited States to certain land within the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas. Be it enacted by tllG Senate and I!ouse of Reprel?entaNvc.<: of tIl(lhdted States of Arnerica in Congres8 oR8l'1nbled, That the Secre- tary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to exeeut(' a quitclaim deed to Andrew J aekson Talley and Becea Adeline Talley, releasing all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following-described lands: Lots 5 and 6 in the northeast quarter section 2, township 4 north, range 24 west, fifth principal meridian, and that part of lots 7 and 8 in the northeast quarter of said S(lction 2, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the north line of lot 8 which is eight and seventy one-hundredths chains west from the northeast corner of said lot and is a point in the center of th~ creek; thence upstream with the meanders of the creek, and following the thread thereof.