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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. eHS. 412, 413. MAY 15, 1936. 2295 [CHAPTER 412.] AN ACT May 15, 1936. Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Ter- ---,.,;;--;-~[S:-'3,,544 ,. ' -= -. 1~ minal Railroad of New Orleans. [Private, No. 55\1 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entative8 of the United State8 of America in Ccm.grc88 as8embled, That the Comp- T~xas. Pa('!fi(~~Iis­ troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized ~~i~~t!:rI2t TarmstroBot (talk)J1ITarmstroBot (talk) 14:42, 19 November 2014 (UTC) and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the Texas Pacific- leRl\j: t t t f Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans for reimburse- claid uS men,ec., 0 ment of its expenditures for labor, material, and rental of equip- ment in repairmg the damage to its car-ferry incline tracks located at Gouldsboro, Louisiana, WIthin the limits of the New Orleans Har- bor, which were damaged on September 18, 1931, by the sinking thereon of a concrete bank-protection mattress during the Goyern- ment's construction operations under an approved project for revet- ment work within the limits of New Orleans Harbor, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim not to exceed the sum of $1,440.75. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Appropriation. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,440.75, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay said claim: Provided, That I"r0l'!.~o.. fI t . td'tl'At' f10 LImItatIon on attor· no part 0 t Ie amoun approprla e In lIS c In excess 0 per ney's, etc., fees. centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on accollnt of services ren- dered in conneetion with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, coIled, withhold, o~r receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum t hel'eof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any I'cna\ty for vio\ation. person violating the provisions ~)f .this Act shall bp deem,pd gu,i1ty of a misdemeanor and upon conVIctIOn thereof shall be fined 111 any sum not exce('(ling $1,000. Approved, :Muy 15, 19afl. [CHAPTER 413.] AN ACT For the relief of Dampskib Aktieselshap Roskva. May Ii" W3tl. [S.3f>45.j Il'rivate,-~o:-6&T.] Be it enacted by tIle Senate and IIou.<;c of Repre8entatives of the United St(dc.<; of America ill Cong1'e8H a8.'1embZcfi, That the Secretary I>:>ml'skih .\kticsel. T bed 1- • 1b I'1dl' 1 ~h:\JI Ho;;k\·a . of the reasury , an Ill' IS lere y, aut lOrlZe( an (lrectec to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriat<><i, the sum of $1,{)V{).38, or so much more or less as might be require(l to purchase exchange not to exceed the amount of £399 17s. 6d., to Dampskib Aktieselshap Roskva of Oslo, Norway, owners of the steam~hip no~kva, in full and final settlement of all claims what- soever against the United States for damagE'S to the Roskva arising from the collision between that vessel and the L"nited States Army tug Amackassin on January 14, 1919. at Brest, France: Pl'ovh/cr/, I]>rO"i~O.. . '1'I'A . .!nutatlOn on attor· That no part of the amount appropnatN III t liS ct m excess of npy'~, ete., rL'eS. 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received bv any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connectioil with this claim, and the same shaH be unlawfu1, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any persOl~ violating the provisions .of l'I'llully(orv;ohtion this Act shall be deemed g~lllty of a mIsdenwano~ allll upon COllVIC- tion thereof shall be fined m any sum not cxceedmg $1,000. Approved, ~lay 15, 1936.