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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 384-386 -JUNE 15, 1940 Port Townsend, Washington, the sum of $26, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for services rendered while employed as a laborer at the Marrowstone Point Light Station, Washington, from September 7 to September 15, 1939, such compensation having been withheld from him for the reason that he was not a citizen of the United States during such period: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated m 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 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, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 385] 1287 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Roy F. Lassly, former Acting Chief Disbursing Clerk, Depart- June.i 0 ment of the Interior. [Private, No. 382] 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 in the accounts of Roy F. Lassly, former Acting Chief Disbursing Clerk, Department of the Interior, the sum of $500.70 public funds for which he is accountable, and which were paid to the Union Paving Company for construction work and dis- allowed by the Comptroller General of the United States: Provided, That no part of this amount shall be charged to any person other than the payee. Approved, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT For the relief of the Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee, Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 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 available "outstanding liabilities" appropriation, the sum of $117.27 to the Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee, Florida, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States arising out of two checks drawn upon the Treasurer of the United States, payable to William Davis, one for $42.90, dated August 26, 1933, and numbered 307502, and the other for $74.37, dated September 9, 1933, and num- bered 313059, such checks having been assigned and delivered to the bank in 1933 as security for a loan made in that year to the said William Davis, who disappeared shortly after receiving the loan and whose endorsement on said checks the bank has therefore been unable to secure: Provided, That the Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee, Florida, shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond, to indemnify the United States, in such form and amount and with such surety, sureties, or security as the Secretary of the Treasury shall require: Provided further, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 193470°-41 -PT. -- 4 Roy F. Lassly. Credit in accounts of. Proviso. Restriction. June 15, 1940 [S. 3337] [Private, No. 3831 Lewis State Bank, Tallahassee, Fla. Payment to. Provisos. Filing of bond. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fe.

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