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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 75, 76. APRIL 19, 22, 1935. [CHAPTER 75.1 AN ACT For the relief of the National Training School for Boys, and others. 2053 APri119, 1936- (H. R . S96D.) (Private, No. 23.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congre88 assembled, That the Secretary National Tralnin& of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any s~::;r~iu:rm. funds not otherwise appropriated, to Claude D. Jones, superintendent tendent of. of the National Training Rchool for Boys, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $414, to be used in the payment of expenses incident to the illness of John Henry Tackett, former inmate of the National Training School for Boys, which resulted in amputation of the leg on March 22, 1932, such sum to be expended as follows: For hospitalization, Sibley Hos- pital, Washington, District of Columbia, $129; for medical and surgi- cal treatment, Doctor Custis Lee Hall, $135; for the purchase of an. artificial limb, $150: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- ti:i~tiOn on aUor. priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid ney's, etc. , fees. or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attor- neys, 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 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 Peaalty for violationl this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 19, 1935. [CHAPTER 76.] AN ACT For the relief of the Yellow Drivurself Company.' , April 22. 1935. [1I.R.~.) [Private, No. 24 .] Be it enacted by the Senate o:nd House of Repre8entatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Yellow Drivunelf of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to c1>X::tto. pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to E. C . Matthews, Karl Matthews, and C. G . Matthews, all of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a partnershIp trading as the Yellow Drivurself Company, the sum of $512. Such sum represents the amount of a claim against the United States under contract numbered W6145qm-4, entered into October 28, 1930, in good faith, by such Yellow Drivurself Company and the constructing quartermaster at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, fer the War Department. Such company furnished a car as specified in such contract, but the Comptroller General was unable to allow the payment of any claim for rental under such contract because such ex.penditure was not specifically authorized by law, as required by sectIOn 5 of the Legis- ~Ols~{P"~. lativ~ ExecutiYe, and Judicial Appropriation Act of July 16, 1914 ..., p. . (U. ;::;. C., title 5, sec. 78) : Provided, That no part of the amount PrL11X'!!.?t·· tt . d' h' At' f h al nu.... Ion on a I\o approprIate m t IS C m excess 0 10 per centum t ereof sh I DeY'S, etc., fees. be paid or delivered to or received by any age,nt 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