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2172 A~tM.l83S. ~B.R.•,.•.) ( va". No••.J 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I . CHS. 667-669 . AUGUST 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 667.) AN ACT For the relief of E. II. Jennings. Be it enactetJ by tM Senate and Hou$e of Representati'IJu of the ~~'~:.d In United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Comp- pOltahllllountaof. troller General of the United States is authorized and directed to credit the account of E. H . Jennings, postmaster at Charleston, South Carolina, in the sum of $100, representing the amount of a counterfeit gold certificate accepted at the Charleston Post Office on May 9, 1933. A!lJUSt 24, 111M. (H. R . 4Ii6S.) [Private. No. 286.) Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 668.J AN ACT For t.he relief of Forrest D. Stout. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representati'IJe.s 01 tlw ForrestD.Stout. United States of America in Congress a~sembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Forrest D. Stout the sum of $540, in full settlement of all claims against the United States covering traveling and subsistence exper,ses PrLlmiol'ita80U' tt due as assistant national-bank examiner: Provided, That no put ononaor· fh . .1' l'A . f1 ney's. etc., fees. 0 t e amount approprlateu m t lIS ct In excess 0 0 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 ag~nt 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 servic('s rendered in connection Penalty for violation. 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 in anj· sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 669.] AN ACT August 24. 19M. __ ~~]__ For the relief of Major E. Leslie Medford. t;nited States property and disbursing (Private, No. 287 .1 offieer for Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatit'es of the M~:j~i E. Leslie United States of America in Oongres.'J assembled, That the Comp- cre'dit' allowed in troller General be 1. ~nd he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit Booounts of. Major E. Leslie Medford 7 United States property and disbursin~ officer for Maryland, in hIS accounts with the sum of $1.200 which amount was disallowed by the Comptroller General beca'use of the Vol. 47, p. 62. \'. S.c., p.288. purchase in July 1932, of twenty flat saddles for the Maryland National Guard, without complying, through inadvertence and oversight, with the provisions of the Act of March 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 62), requiring purchase of military articles of American growth, productIon, and manufacture. Approved, August 24, 1935.