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 Penalty for viola- tion. March 17, 1937 [H. R. 1097] IPriate. 7fN.lnl it 75TH CONGRESS, lST SESSION-CHS. 42, 44, 45-MARCH 15, 17, 18, 1937 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, March 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 44] AN ACT For the relief of Brook House, Limited, of Sydney, Australia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Brook House, Lim- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of Agriculture be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Brook House, Limited, of Sydney, Australia, a sum equivalent at the rate of exchange current at the time of payment to 101 pounds, 8 shillings, Australian currency, in full settlement of its claim against the United States on account of rental of space for the period of July 1 to December 31, 1933, inclusive, in connection with a lease of quarters to the agricultural commissioner of the United States at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, said lease dated April 17, Fund available. 1931, and there is hereby reappropriated for the purposes of this Act so much of the unexpended balance as may be necessary, of the 47 Stat. 1458. appropriation "34303-Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1934", which has heretofore been covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Approved, March 17, 1937. [CHAPTER 45] March 18, 1937 [H. R. 1098] [Private, No. 11 William L. Jenk. Payment to. 46 Stat. 886 . 49 Stat. 2056. Proviso. Limitation on torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viL tion. I- AN ACT For the relief of William L. Jenkins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ins - United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $481.50 to William L. Jenkins, formerly American consul at Trebizond, Turkey, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for his failure to receive a like amount appropriated for his relief in Public Law Numbered 519, approved July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 886), such sum representing the value of personal property lost by him during 1919 as a result of civil disturbances at Trebizond, and which sum was used by the General Accounting Office as a set-off against his then-existing indebtedness to the United States in the amount of $2,000, but subsequently credited to his accounts by author- at. ity of Private Law Numbered 30, approved May 8, 1935: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be 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 connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. o la - 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, March 18, 1937.

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