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2256 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CBS. 2G9-271. MAY 1, 1936. Incorporated, by reason of changes in the specifications and extra work from which the Government received the benefit but for which no pay whatever has been paid to the said G. Elias and Brother, Incorporated, under contracts 'V 535 AC-602 and 'V 535 AC-628 dated December 14, 1926, and January 28, 1927, with the Air Corps for furnishing certain airship parts and equipment to the United n:t::iion on at. States Army Air Corps: Prodded, That no part of the amount torney's, etc., fees. 2.ppropriated in this Act in excess of 10 IX'r 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, collect, 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 PenaltyforvlolatlOn. contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating

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(S.788:-,,']-:=-. - [Private, No. 472 .) the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, ~lay 1, 193G. [CHAPTER 270.] AN ACT For the relief of the International Mercantile Marine Company. International C8ntile Marine vany. Be it enacted by the Senate and H ()USe of Representatives of tlte i~er: United States of Arnerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary om of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,400 to the International Mercantile Marine Company, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the Uniteu. States for penalties which were assessed and collected but not actually incurred under the immigration laws of the United States; and ~o found by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on July 7~ 1931 (51 Fed. (2d) 1053), the failure of said company to file suit WIthin the statutory period of limitations for the recovery of PrOllUO. said sum beinu hereby waived: Provided, That no part of the amount Limitation on at- • d~h'A . torney's, etc. , fees. apprOprIate 'Ill t IS ct in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be p8Jd 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 nmount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection WIth said claim, any Penalty for violation. 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 any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 1, 1936. [CHAPTER 271.] AN ACT May 1,1936. - = ,...,- .:[c:..;S'..; .,790,. ;-• .1 For the relief of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. [Private, No. 473.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ~=e Oenerale United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Payment t~~· of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, th~ sum of $5,000 to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, in full