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73d CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 416-419. JUNE 6,1934. 1373 account of personal injuries sustained by her as a result of slipping and falling on the steps of post-office buildin~ at Lima, OhIO, on February 9, 1929, in full settlement for injuries sustained and ex- penses i~curd~d tthh~reAfrot~: Providefd'10That no tPartthof thfe ahmollubent C:ft:tion on attor- approprIate In . IS C In excess 0 percenurn ereo s a ney's , etc., fees. 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, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the Penalty for violation. provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in "any sum 110t exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 6, 1934. [CHAPTER 417.] AN ACT lune II, 1034 . To authorize the award of a decoration for distinguished service to Harry H. __ IS. 3Q!.) ~~ __ Horton. [Private. No. 197.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the President Harry H. Horton. . 1btl'd h d'fh d f Distinguished serv- IS lere y au 10rIze to cause t e recommen atlOn or t e awar 0 lee decoration awarded a decoration to Harry H. Horton, formerly private, first class, Medi- to. cal Detachment, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, for distinguished con- duct in the vicinity of Malancourt; near Montfaucon, France, on or llbout October 12, 1918, to be considered by the proper boards or authorities, and sU'ch award made to said Horton as his said conduct merits. Approved, June 6, 1934. [CHAPTER 418.] AN ACT For the relief of E. Walter Edwards. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to E. Walter Edwards, successor to C. B . Edwards and Brother, of Raleigh, North Carolina, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $106.30, in full satisfaction of all claims for payment of premium on a policy of fire insurance written in 1918 by C. B . Edwards and Brother, covering certain goods of the value of $127,000, more or less, while in the process of being laundered for the U,nited States Army by the Model Laundry of Raleigh, North Carolma. Approved, June 6, 1934. [CHAPTER 419.] AN ACT For the relief of McKimmon and McKee, Incorporated. lune II, 1934. IS. 1(173.) (Private. No. 19!1.] E. W . Edwards. Payment to. lune I\, 1934. [8.11»11.) (Prlvat6;No.Tliifl - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative8 of the United States of America in Congres.~ assembled. That the Secretary McKlmmon Bnd of the Treasury is authorized and directed to· pay to McKimmon MTarmstroBot (talk)e~~cio. and McKee, Incorporated, successor to the Raleigh Insurance and