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2158 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CBB. 578, 579. 1931. the said Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company for the deposit of like amount made with the Secretary of War in the year 1906 to secure the United States against any claim under an unsecured vendor's lien in favor of one J. H . Black upon certain property at Port Arthur Texas, conveyed to the United States by the Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company, no claim having been made under said vend01."s lien and the time within which such claim might be made having expired. Approved, March 4, 1931. March •• 1931. [H. R. 12632.] CHAP. 679.-An Act For the relief of Frank J. Michel and Barbara M. [Private. No. 4114 .] Michel, and others. A'I It Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the cIai:;£ ane casua ., United States of America in Oongress assembled, That there is Fml!kJ.andBarbara hereby appropriated and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby M. Michel. , I rTarmstroBot (talk)' for fatal authorized and directed to 'pay, out of any money in the United nu • States Treasury not otherWIse appropriated, the sum of $2,500 to Frank J. Michel and Barbara M. Michel, in full for all claims they or either of them may have against the Government on account of the death of their son, Lawrence Michel, who was fatally injured in Patterson Park, in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, on the 14th day of August, 1919, by being struck by a falling airplane, then and there owned and operated by the Government of the United States. ~=~:')o~!:h SEC. 2 . That there is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of of daughter. the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum qf $2,500 to Sophia Mary Klima, widow, in full fur all claims she may have against the Government on account of the death of her daughter, Elsie Klima, who was fatally injured in Patterson Park, in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, on the 14th day of August, 1919, by being struck by a falling airplane, then and there owned and operated by the Govt)rnment of the United States. ~:~!~~forfatal SEC. 3 . That there is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of injury to son. the Treasury is hereby).. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United ~tates Treasury not otherwise appropriated~ the sum of $2,500 to Katie Kroart, widow, in full for all claims that she may have against the Government on account of the death of her son, William E. Kroat, who was fatally injured in Patterson Park, in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, on the 14th day of August, 1919, by being struck by a falling airplane, then and Proci,o. there owned and operated by the Government of the United States: L!mltatlon on attor- Provided That no part of the amount appro{>riated in this Act in ney So etc.• fees. excess of'10 per centum thereof shall 00 paId or delivered to or Excessive. unlawful. received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlaw- ful 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 Penalty tor viola- rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the COIl- tiODS. trary notwithstanding. Any person violating thelrovisions of this Act shall be deemed ~uilty of a misdemeanor an upon conviction thereof shall be fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 4, 1931.