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78d CONGRESS. SESS. II . eHS. 788-790. JUNE 26, 1934. 1489 principal offices at Galveston, the sum of $7,998.04 to refund to said company the difference between the rate of customs duties errone- Vol. 42 . p . 876. oU81y assessed and collected from it on corrugated iron bars at Galveston, Texas, between December 30, 1924, and September 27, 1926, under paragraph 304 of the Act of 1922, and the rate of duty assessed and collected on the same class of merchandise in the same customs district, at Houston, Texas, during the same period, under Vol. 42 , p. 877. paragraph 312 of said Act, without the knowledge of said company, and which latter rate, subsequently, was decided to be according to law: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this t~tlon on attor- Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to ney's, etc., fees. 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, -c ollect, 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 provisions of this Act Penalt)' for violation. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 26, 1934. [ClIAPTER 789.} AN ACT For the relief of Carlos C. Bedsole. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou..'Ie of Representatives of the United States of Ame'l'ica in Congress a8sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, on certification by the Secretary of the Interior, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Carlos C. Bed- sole, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum, not to exceed $1,000, as may be found by the Secretary of the Interior to be the fair and rea- sonable value of all improvements placed by said Bedsole upon lot 5, section 18, township 14 north, range 4 east, Louisiana meridian, prior to the date of final cancelation of his homestead entry, General Land Office serial numbered 01229, which was allowed December 17, 1927, covering said land. Approved, June 26, 1934. (CHAPTER 790.1 AN ACT For the relief of Marcella Leahy McNerney. Iune 26, 19M. [S.1707.) [Private, No. 3M.) Carlos C. Bedaole. Pa)'lll8nt to. Iune 26, IgM. [So 17113.) [Private, No. aGO.) Be it 6ruMted by the Senate and House of Representative8 01 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary NTarmstroBot (talk) Francis Me- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Pa)'Dlent of deeth to Marcella Leahy McNerney, widow of Gerald Francis McNerney gratuity to widow of. late Foreign Service officer, State Department, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $2,500, being one year's salary of her deceased husband. who died while in the Foreign Service; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated:.,a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this Act: Pro- f1'1:il ttor vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in ney'~ ete.,o::,;n a • 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,