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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS.222 -224. APRIL 14, 193G. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~ilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined III any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 14, 1936. [CHAPTER 223.] AN ACT 2251 Penalty for violation. April 14, 1936. To authorize the settlement of individual claims for personal property lost or --;-;~'-.:::-[S.:...:'3684~.,,-:;)""" _ damaged, arising out of the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps, [Private, Ko. 461.] which have been approved by the Secretary of War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Arnerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Civilian Consel"va- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, ti°PaiTarmstroBot (talk)i of certain out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to imli~idual claims, au- Lucy E. Ahrens, Tacoma, Washington, $21.90; to Fred S. Baxter, thorized. Tulare, California, $35:l.61; to J. R . Duncan, Georgetown, Ken- tucky, $30.04; to Harry France, Iowa City, Iowa, $17.50; to Delmar Hammond, Ithaca, New York, $10.50; to H. C . Ledford Randle, 'Vashington, $20; to Patrick H. McBreen, Concord, Mass., $49.50; to Captain John L. Lewis, Seventeenth Field Artillery Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $11.75; to A. J. Marks, Maurine, South Dalwta, $7.90; to Monongahela 'Vest Penn Public Service Company, Marlin- ton, West Virginia, $82.11; to University of Tennessee Alumni Asso- ciation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, $105.80; to 'Vater, Light, Power, and Building Commission, Grand Rapi(ls, Minnesota, $5:l.26; and to Clara B. Chapman, J eft'erson City, Mis- souri, $15.10, in full settlement for dama~es sustained by reason of the operation of the Civilian ConservatIOn Corps, which claims have been approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That no PrJ• ~tOt" tto fh '. I'h'A' f ,ImlaIonona ... part 0 t e amount approprIate( III t IS ct III excess 0 10 per ney's, etc., fees. centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received bv 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, coIl t'd, 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 per- Penalty rorviolation. son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~ilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an'y sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 14, 1936. [CHAPTER 224.] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to execute an agreement of indemnity to the First Granite National Bank, Augusta, Maine. April 14. 1936. [8.3777.) [Private, No. 4112.] Be it erw.cted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State8 of America in 001,.nress assembled That the Secretary . First Granite Na· T bd.V;? b ., . tlOnal Bank, Augusta, of the reasury e, an he IS here y, authorIzed and dIrected to Maine. te.th fthU'tdState ddI' thF' Execution of indem· execu ,In e nam.e 0 . e nle s, an elver 0 t e lrst nity agreement to Granite National Bank, Augusta, Maine, upon receipt from such authorized. • bank of $8,547.83, an agreement of indemnity binding the United States to make reimbursement to such bank upon condition that such bank is required to make payment to bona-fide holders upon presentation of check numbered 21874, and dated July 1, 1926, in the amount of $8,547.83, drawn by the First Granite National Bank, Augusta, Maine, on the New York Trust Company of New York,