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2300 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 431,436,437. MAY 19,20,1936. attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect1 withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in thIS Act in excess of 10 ~r centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with Penalty for violation. said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 19, 1936. [CHAPTER 436.] AN ACT May 20,1936. -- =.. .. .[==.11.: .,:.R::':':,::,1l3=.:.7a~.J'-,-,-_ For the relief of H. L . and J. B . McQueen, Incorporated, and John L. Summers, [Privaw, No. 671.] former disbursing clerk, Treasury Department. Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M~Qu~n arn~r~r!: United States of America in Oongress a8serrWled, That notwithstand- eel. I' t I' ing the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. 1270), and ~fTarmstroBot (talk)tt~~J:!J.o calm the Act of February 28, 1929 (45 Stat. 1400), the Comptroller Vol. 40, p. 1270; Vol. General of the United States be and he is hereby authorized and 15, p. 1400. " directed to settle and adjust the claim of H. L. and J. B . McQueen, A Jlpropriation. Incorporated, not exceeding $86, for printing services performed during September 1934 for the Soil Erosion Service, for the dissemi- nation of mformation at A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. There is hereby appro})riated, out of allY money in the Treasury not otherwise approprIated, the sum of $86, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of said claim. 10hn I.. Summers. SEC. 2 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Crt'dit a!lowed in lICCOunts of. he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of John L. Summers, former disbursing clerk, Treasury Depnrtment, with the sum of $18.50, representing the amount paid by him to H. L. and J. B . McQueen, Incorporated, for printing services performed for the Soil Erosion Service, which payment has heretofore been dis- rr:::~tion on nttor- allowed by the Comptroller General: Provided, That no part of the oey's, etc., fet's. amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 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 agent or agents, attor- nev 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 Penalty tor violation. claim, uny contract to the contrary notwitlu;tanding. Any lwrson violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon cOIlviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Rohert J. l\fann. Payment to. Approved, May 20, 1936. [CHAPTER 437.] AN ACT For the relief of Robert .J . Mann. Be it enaeted by the Se1Ulte and H O'USe of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongre8s a-Y8e'mhled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasu!'y not otherwise appropriated, to Robert J. Mann, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, the sum of $90. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter, prior to their registration as purebreds, of three head of diseased cattle owned by the said Robert J. Manu. Such sum represents the difference between the amount