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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . eRS. 53-55 . FEBRUARY 11,1936. 2217 [CHAPTER 53.) AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant Robert A. J . English, United States Navy. FebmarY 11, 193fl. (s.&7.) (PrIvate, No. 381 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and H()1J,Se of Representative8 of the United States of America in Ooog'l'es8 assembled, That Lieutenant Lieutenant Robert Robert A. J . English, United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, As!'r:~' ~:;~: restored to full-pay and allowances status during such time as he countedas"seaduty." served with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, and his services with said expedition shall be counted on his record as "sea duty." Approved, February 11, 1936. [CHAPTER 54.] AN ACT . For the relief of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company. February 11, 1936. [II. R . 3109.) [Private, No. 382 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and H QUse of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongres8 assembled, That jurisdiction Norfolk Southern is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the Umted States, R~~cS~= to notwithstanding any limitations upon the jurisdiction and power of Court of Claims. such court, to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim . of the Norfolk Southern Railroad CompanI against the United States, arising- out of or incident to the removal of an old bridge and the constructIon of a new drawbridge and fender system over the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, now the Virginia cut of the Inland Waterway, near Great Bridge, Virginia, to comply with orders of the War Department. Approved, February 11, 1936. [CHAPTER 55.] AN ACT Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Adelphia Bank and Trust Company of Philadelphia. February 11, 1936. [H. R . 4llO .'i.) [Pri...te, No. 383 .) Be H enacted by the Sen{1te and House of Representative8 of the United States of America in Oongress a8sem1>led, That the Comp- Melphla Bank and troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized ~~elTarmstroBot (talk)pany of and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the Adelphia Bank Adjustmentofclalm. and Trust Company of Philadelphia for refund of a fee of 1 per centum collected by the clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on $85,000, the face value of securities temporarily deposited by said company with the clerk pending the filing of an increased surety bond required by the court from the bank as depository of funds in bankruptcy estates, said fee having been covered into the general fund, Treasury of the United States, as a miscellaneous receipt, and to allow said claim in an amount not to exceed $850. There is hereby appropriated, out Appropriation. of any mont'y in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $850, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of this claim, such sum to be in full settlement of all claIms against the Government of the United States: Provided, That no part of ~O4?~O'. h. . I·l'A' f J.mlltatlon on uttor- t e amount approprmte( III t us ct III excess 0 10 per centum ney's, etc., feE'S. 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, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 J?E.:r centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection WIth