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 2308 Penalty for violation. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 480,485,486. JUNE 2, 3,1936. 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 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, June 2, 1936. [CHAPTER 485.] AN ACT June 3, 1936. (S.267.) }!'or the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United (Private, No. 589.] States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of cataEltrophes of nature. jo"oreign Service. Appropriation auth· orized for relief of desig· Dated officers, etc. Matthew K. Hanna. Pa)Tlcnt to widow of. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou.<ie of Representatives of the United States Of A merica in (Jongres.<J assembled, That there is herebyauthorizec to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- ury not otherwise appropriated, to Gustava Hanna, widow of Matthew E. Hanna, American minister to Nicaragua, the sum of $19,745.33, of which the SlIm of $19,592.25 represents the value of reasonable and nece<;sary personal proIwrty lost as a result of the earthquake at Managua, Nicarabrua, March :U, 1931, and the sum of $153.08 represents the amount of money and vouchers destroyed when the contents of the safe in the legation were burned. Willard L. Beaulac. To Willard L. Beaulac, secretary of the American Legation at Managua, Nicaragua, the sum of $821.92, such sum repres(>nting the value of reasonable and necessary- personal property lost as a result of the earthquake at Managua, NIcaragua, March 31, 1931. Marion P. Hoover. To Marion P. Hoover, clerk in legatIon at Manngua, Nicaragua, the sum of $80, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the earthquake at n::::iloD on atlor. Managua, Nicaragua, March 31, 1931: Provided, That no part of ney's, etc., fees. the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per Cf'ntum of any claim thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on aecollnt of services ren- dered in connection with any such claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with. hold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated for any claim in this Act in excf'SS of 10 per ('{'ntum of slIeh c1aim on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the Penaltyforvio\>ItiCJo. contrary notwithstanding. Any ferRon violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty 0 a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The afore<;tated amounts shall be considered in full settlement of the aforesaid claims. JUDe 3, 1936. (ll. R. 1252.] (Private, No. li90.J Odessa Maso:l. PaymeDtto. Approved, June 3, 1936. [CHAPTER 486.1 AN ACT For the relief of Odessa Mason. Be it enacted by the Senate and HOWle of Representatives of the United State8 of America in Congre88 assemlJZed, That the Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for