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2314 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 539,540. JUNE 5,1936. [CHAPTER 539.] AN ACT June 5, 1936. (H. R . 9170.J For the relief of Montie HermaDsoD. (Private, No. 002.) Be it enacted b,1/ the Senate and House of Rep1'e8e·ntatives 01 the Montie Hermanson. United States of Amerioa in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tol.ay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate , to Montie Hermanson, of Kansas CIty, Missouri, the sum of $5,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of Frank Hermanf:oion, the husband of the said Montie Hermanson. The said Frank Hermanson, at the re<I.uest of officers of the Federal Government, accompanied them and as.~'ilsted them in the return to Leavenworth Pemtentiary of one Frank Nash, an escaped convict; and the said Frank Hermanson, together with others of the Federal officers, was slain at Kansas City, . MIssouri, on June 17, 1933, by forces of gangdom attempting the fr,o;:::iion on attor.. release of the prisoner, Frank Nash: Provided, That no part of the ney's,etc., fees. 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 connection with said claim, Penalty for vlOlatlCn. 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. June Ii, W31l . (H.H.1l164.] (Private, No. ooa.] Approved, .June 5, It):3G. [CHAPTEH. 540.] AN ACT For the relief of Arthur Van GesteI, alias Arthur Goodsel1. Be it enacted b,1/ the Senate a.nd Jlouu of Representatives of the ali~rt1~~u~~?()(~,\:;f[l, United State8 of America in Oongre8lJ assembled, That in the admin- Military recur'\ cor- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon recte<l. honorably discharged soldiers Arthur Van Gest.el, alias Arthur Goodsell, who wa.<; a medical attendant in the Medical Corps of the First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry, shall be held to have mustered in in April 1898 and shall hereafter be held and con- sidered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that organization on the 1 day of September 1898; and notwithstanding any provisions to the con- trary in the Act relating to pensions approved April 26, 1898, as ~o~~kpay,ete. amended by the Act approved May 11, 1908: Provided. That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 5, 1936. 1 So In original.