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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 120, 124 , 126-APRIL 21, 22, 23 , 1937 by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provi- sions 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, April 21, 1937. ICIIAPTER 124] AN ACT For the relief of Charles M. Perkins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Charles M. Perkins, former postmaster at Seattle, Washington, with the sum of $14,897.66, rep- resenting the amount of postal funds lost in the robbery of said post office on December 23, 1931, and now charged to the account of the former postmaster. SEC. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed further to credit the account of Charles M. Perkins, former postmaster at Seattle, Washington, with the sum of $1,100, representing the amount of postal funds embezzled by Edgar A. Chitwood, former assistant postal cashier of said post office, between June 6 and June 10, 1932, and now charged to the account of the former postmaster. Approved, April 22, 1937. ICHAPTER 126] AN ACT For the relief of William Blakeley, or Blakley, as administrator of the estate of Joseph Blakeley, deceased. 947 Penalty for viola- tion. April 22, 1937 [H. R. 1089] [Private, No. 53] Charles M. Perkins. Credit in postal ac- counts. April 23, 1937 [H. R. 2780] [Private, No. 541 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- aillam Btl akely. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William Blakely, as administrator of the estate of Joseph Blakeley, late chief electrician's mate, United States Navy, the sum of monev credited to the account of said decedent in the ship's bank of the United States ship West Virginia, or elsewhere if it shall have been transferred therefrom, constituting pay and allowances due and unpaid on the date of his, the said Joseph Blake- ley's, death on May 13, 1926, at the naval hospital, San Diego, California, and all cash found in his personal effects on or subse- quent to said date: Provided, That the said William Blakely shall first Proispo file an affidavit with the Comptroller General of the United States claimant's srname. showing the correct spelling of his, the claimant's surname: Pro- Payment to be in rided further, That the sum so paid under this Act shall be in full f ullse ttl e men t. settlement of all claims against the United States for pay and allow- ances and cash from the personal effects of said decedent, Joseph Blakeley: And provided further, That no part of the payment author- Limitation on at- ized and directed to be made in this Act in excess of 10 per centum torney' s etc., ees- thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the set- tlement of this account, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions Penalty for viola- of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- tl on. viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 23, 1937.

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