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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 676, 677. JUNE 20,1936. (CHAPTER 676.] AN ACT For the relief of the Great Northern Railway Company. 2337 June 20,1936. [H.R.8028.1 [Private, No. 6&1.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representatives 01 the United States of America in Orm.nres8 assembled That the Secretary Great Northern Rail· • ~.vO? .'. way Company. of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorIzed and dIrected to pay Payment to. to Great Northern Railway Comrany, Saint Paul, Minnesota, out of any money in the Treasury 0 the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $208.04, in full settlement of all claims against the United States of said Great Northern Railway Company for shipment of freight to Fort Browning, Montana, in December 1930, from Glasgow, Montana).. and from International Falls, Minne- . sota, for the United States: rrovided, That no part of the amunt Pr L · oV't" t . d'I'A . f10 t thfh11be Iml... 100 on a Lor· approprIate In t lIS ct In excess 0 percenurn ereo sa 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 Penalty for violatton. 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 20, 1936. [CHAPTER 677.] AN ACT Juoe20, 1~. For the relief of the seamen of the steamship Santa Ana. [H. R. 8200.) [Private, No. M9.J Be it enaoted by tlle Se1'wte and H01.tSe of Repre.<;cntotivef5 of the United States of America in Oongl'eS8 fl/w?mbled, That the Secre- Ht~:lmshlp " Sant:l tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any AYment to S~3men money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $398 of. to the clerk of the United States DistrIct Court for the Southern District of Florida, who shall distribute such sum, in proportion to their respectively adjudicated claims, to the seamen of the steam- ship Santa Ana, in accordance with the final decree and order of said United States District Court, dated June 8, 1932, at Tampa, Florida. Such sum shall he deemed to be in full settlement of the claim of the seamen of the steamship Santa Ana against the United States for the moneys erroneously paid into the Treasury of the United StatR-s when same should have been retained in the court registry for payment to said seamen as wages as a result of the decision in the case of S. G. Clifford, and others, against Merritt- Chapman and Scot~ Corporation (57 !ed. (2) 1021): PrOlVided, rrl~tion on :lttor- That no part of saId amount of $398 In excess of 10 per centum ney'", el(' ., fees. thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of service..; rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating Penalty for violation. the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction the.reof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 20, 1936.