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1304 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CR. 35. FEBRUARY 26,1934. Standard Oil Com· of John A. Bellan and the Standard Oil Company in the amounts pan),. of $356 and $8.49, respectively, for rental and operation of an auto- mobile used in connection with improvements to the road system in the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, during the fiscal Damage claims. lear 1931, and to certify same for palment from the appropriation , Vicksburg National Military Park' , 1931. SE~. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the following claims and certify the same to Congress: c:~I;:~~Y Forging (a) Alleghany Forging Company on account of damages suffered by reason of excess in frelght.t.!!auling, labor, and incidental expenses due to shipment by the united States of salvaged material, Walter Bell. purchased by claimant to wrong destination: $174.92. (b) Walter Bell on account of damages suffered by reason of destruction of mature vines of a cranberry bog by fire, which started on Camp Dix Military Reservation, and extended over said bog on or about June 3, 1930: $2,500. i~~!:Pa:i~ Drill· (c) Carl B. King Drilling Company, on account of damages suf- fered to its airplane due to an Army airplane running into it at M. Giacalone. 1act Buono. 10seph Asaro. Sam Harrison. Clover Field, California, on or about August 2, 1930: $1,722.03. (d) M. Giacalone, on account of damages suffered while engaged in rescuing an Army aviator and assisting in salvaging an Army airplane from the sea off the coast of Hawaii OIl or about Octobe"r 30, 1930: $459.61. (e) J act Buono, on account of damages suffered while engaged in rescuing an Army aviator and assisting in salvaging an Army air- plane from the sea off the coast of Hawaii on or about October"30, 1930: $469.88. (f) Joseph Asaro, on account of damages suffered while engaged in rescuing an Army aviator and assisting in salvaging an Army airplane from the sea off the coast of Hawaii on or about October 30, 1930: $459. (g) Sam Harrison, on account of damages suffered by reason of a bomb dropping from an Army airship on a farmhouse owned by him near Scott Field, Illinois: $1,982. Loss or personnl prop- SEC. 4 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, erty. Army civilian em- and he is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the ployees. following claims of civilian employees of the Army and certify the same to Congress: Emil Johns, $22.23; John J. Spatz, Junior, $79.79; Perry 'V. Stolzenberg, $56.75; Paul D. McMahan, $4:2.38; Oliver B. Tinley, $42.35; Cleo Finch, $18; .Tesse P. Goodin, $15.98; and Paul R. Gruhler, $20, on account of private property belonging to them which was lost, destroyed, or damaged in a fire in a Govern- ment building at 'Vright Field, Ohio, on or about January 2, 1931, while said claimants were engaged in saving Government property. ruftTarmstroBot (talk)e~~idered SEC. 5. That the payment of any and all the claims herein author- Provi80. ized shall be in full payment thereof by the Government: Pl'o~·id('d. Limitation on at· fh . . d'l'A . f' torney's etc., rees. That no part 0 t e amount appropnate III t lIS ct III excess 0 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- Excessive, unlawrul. dered 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 sel'Yices rendered in connec- Penalty ror. tion with said claim, 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, February 26, 1934.