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tl18 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 474-476. AUGUST 7, 1935. 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 connection with said PeaaUyfonlolatlon. claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 7, 1935. [CHAPTER 475.) AN ACT Aulust 71..!.. .935. ~1Il:!IIE,:H•• EoliR,.tIJlRIy::::;'f:;.' :n- - For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and (Private, No.177 .l for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department. Be it enacted by tlte Senate and House of Representatives of the =;. allowed In United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Comp- ~ of designated troller General of the United States be, :md he is hereby, authorized ca~it. w. SIan- and directed to credit in the accounts of Cuptain K. 'V. Slauson, - -c aptain B. M . Den- Quartermaster C~rps, $225.07; Captain H. M. Denning, Finance ~. 8 R Beard Department, $4; Major S. R . Beard, Finance Department, $5.63; Mf. .Oeorge z. and Major George Z. Eckels, Finance Department, $16.92, said

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amounts being public funds for which they are accountable and which comprise minor errors in computation of pay and allowances due military personnel who are no longer in the service of the United States, and which amounts have been disallowed bv the Comptroller General of the United States. . Major 1. B . Harper. SEC. 2 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorIzed and directed to credit in the accounts to Major J. B . Harper, Finance Department, $24,882, said amount being public funds for which he is accountable and which represents payment made to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company for electric ranges purchased under specific instructions of the Secretary of War and which amount was disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Co~~J" Walker and SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Pa~t to. forator- authorized ~nd directed .to pay, out of any money in the 'l'rea:;;ul'Y. aceJlUl'llC)8e8· not otherWIse approprJated, to R. N. Walker and Company, Nagasaki, Japan, $74.35, being the am01lnt due this company for &torage charges for the period June 7, 1930, to October 19~ 19aO, on household goods of an officer of the Army in transit to his new station in the United States. w. E . Howard. SEC. 4 . That the Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is hereby, PropertJ" damages. authorized .and directe? to pay, out of any money in the Treasu!'.); not otherwIse approprIated, to 'V. E. Howard, Island Park. N(>w York, $880, being the amount found due him a~ damages to his property at Island Park, New York, by reason of an Army airplane crash on September 8, 1933. Approved, August 7, 1935. [CHAPTER 476.1 AN ACT AtJgIJ!It 7. 1935. - -r ." ", Io,;;:H"" •• F'IR"",. 48IiOii-' -i'f:::l::- .- - To authorize the settlement of individual claims of military personnel for damages (Private. No. 178 .] to and 10s8 of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army. Be it enacted by tlte Senate and House of Reprc8cntativcs of the =imt of ~rlVBte United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the General f:.pertJ"IOII8eS nserv- Accounting Offic~ be, and.i~ hereb~, authorized !l~d. directed to p~y the followmg claIms of mIhtary personnel and CIVIlIan employees m