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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CRS. 298, 299, 305. MAY 4, 5,1936. 2269 to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated 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 provisions of I'enalt y for violation. this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeano: and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceedmg $1,000. Approyed, ~1ay 4, 1936. [CHAPTER 299.] AN .\CT For the relief of Rasmus Bcch. !\Yay 4, 1936. [II. n. 11231 .1 [Private, No. 500.1 Be it enaehd by tile Senate and Iloul;e of Reprcseniatit'cs of the United States of A lllcrica in 0011[11'( '88 assembled, That the Secretary Hasmus Bech. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise a.ppropriated, the sum of $783 to the clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 'Vashington, who shall, after an assignment to the United States, of the jUdgment of $783 obtained by Rasmus Bech, of Spokane, 'Vashington, against H. 'V. Richardson and Phillip Stalkpr, Federal prohibition agents, satisfy Rueh assigned judgment against the enited States, of record, and shall thereafter pay such sum to said Rasmus Bech, in full settlement of his claim against the United Stutes for personal injuries sustained when he was wrong- fully aS8auIt{·(1 by said officers, in the J?erformance of their duties, on Sfeptlember 30, 1932, at ~pokda~e, Wh~shAlIlgt~n: P rovidfed, That no part f1::~lion 011 attor- o t Ie amount approprIate m t IS ct In excess 0 10 per c{'ntulll ney'~, ele., f .,c s. thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agent...:, attorney or attorneys.., on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any ag{'nt or agents, attor- ney 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 tIl(' contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating tht\ P(,lIultyforvi<,latioll. provisions of this Act shall be deem{'(l guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any bum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, :May 4,1936. [CHAPTER 305.] AN ACT ~Iay .~, 1936. To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the ca!'e of the Wales Island __ [So 753_.1 _ _ _ Packing Company. [Private, No. WI.j Be it enacted by the Senate and HOUl/e of Rep1't'Rcntativcs of the United States of America in Oong1'ess assembled, That the Secretary Wales Island Pack· of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money In~iyo::lnio: in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000 to the \Vales Island Packing Compan~ in full settlem{'nt of all claims against the Government of the Umted States for the injury to the business and property of said company on Wales Island on account of the decision of the Alaska boundary tribunal, under which the pos- session of said island has passed from the United States to the Domin- ion of Canada, as found by the Court of Claims and reported in Sen- ate Document Numbered 61, Seventy-second Congress, first session: Provided, That no part of the amount approprhlted in this Act in Proli.• o.. f ° t h fh11be .1 1l' d LmlltatlOlI ('II llltor- excess0 1percenumtereo sa paJ( or (e Ivere to or ney'~, etc., f('(',. received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, or other party or parties, Oil account of services rendered ill any way in connection