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 2366 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CBS. 855-857. JUNE 26, 1936. was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck driven by Joseph L. Kindrai, near Virgin Lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin, on J an- n=1o on attor uary 2, 1934: Provided, That no part of the amounts appropriated DeY's, .to.,~. . in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shan be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claims. It shan be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claims, any contract to the contrary Penalty for violation. notwithstanding, Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shan be fined in any sum not e2ICeeding $1,000. lune 26, 1936. (8.44110 .] (Private, No. 718.J F. W. Elmer. Payment to. Approved, June 26, 1936. [CHAPTER 856.] AN ACT For the relief of F. W. Elmer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprosentative8 of the Urllited States of America in Oongre8s a88enwled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneL in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500 to F. W. Elmer, of Biloxi, Mississippi, in full settle- ment of an claims against the United States for legal services ren- dered to the United States in the case of the State of Mississippi against S. M. Taylor a Federal prohibition officer, who, in the performance of his official duty, shot and killed a citizen and who was acquitted of the charge of murder in the United States District rr:t::ilon on attor· Court for the Southern Dist~ict of. Miss!ssippi:. Provided, That no DeY'. , .to., rees. part of the amount appropnated III thIS Act In excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- Penalty for violation. trary notwithstanding, Any person violatmg 'the provisions of this Act shall ~ deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shan be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. June 26. 1936. (B. R . gill.] (Private, No. 719.1 Approved, June 26, 1936. [CHAPTER 857.] AN ACT For the relief of Evanell Durrance. Be it Ml4fJted by the Senate and H lYUSe of Representatives of the ~=IlP=e:ied United States of America in Oonvress ass(fffl))Zed, That jurisdiction &0 districtCourt. is hereby conferred upon the Umted States District Court for the Southern District of Florida to hear, determine, and :render judg- ment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Evanell Durrance, of Jacksonville, Florida, for damages resulting from the death of her parents, Samuel E. Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend who were killed in a collision between an automobile in which they were passengers and a truck owned by the Department PrOflUO. Limitation. of Agriculture, the same having occurred a short distance east of Greenville, Madison County, Florida, on November 9, 1930: Pro- vided, That the judgment rendered against the United States, if any, shall not exceed the sum of $5,000. Approved, June 26, 1936.