1002 Harry A. McBride. Paul Dean Thomp- son. T. Brooks Alford. Thomas M. Powell. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. Payments in full settlement. Deduction of reim- bursement by foreign government. Proviso. Future payment on aforesaid losses. 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 374, 375-JUNE 22, 1937 value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of a fire which destroyed the American consulate at Buenaventura, on January 26 1931. To Harry A. McBride, formerly American consul at Warsaw, Poland, the sum of $377.25, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of break- age and theft in transit from Warsaw to the United States. To Paul Dean Thompson, formerly American vice consul at Saint Michael, Azores, the sum of $55.50, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of theft in transit about November 2, 1931, incident to his transfer under orders from Plymouth, England, to Saint Michael, Azores. To T. Brooks Alford, formerly vice consul at Moscow and other posts in Russia, the sum of $276.01, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of warlike conditions in Russia between the years 1916 and 1918. To Thomas M. Powell, American vice consul at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, the sum of $268, such sum representing the value of reason- able and necessary personal property lost as a result of a fire which destroyed the American Consulate at Nogales, on October 10, 1935. Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of any claim thereof as allowed shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with any such 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 for any claim in this Act in excess of 10 per centum of such claim as allowed on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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. The aforesaid amounts shall be considered in full settlement of the aforesaid claims. SEC. 2. That if the Secretary of State shall find that any payment on account of any individual loss herein set forth has been made to or on behalf of any of the claimants herein named by any foreign government, the amount of such payment shall be deducted from the amount herein authorized to be paid to such claimant: Provided, That any payment which hereafter may be made on account of any of the aforesaid losses, to or on behalf of any of the aforesaid claim- ants by any foreign government through the Department of State, in an amount not to exceed the amount actually paid to any of the aforesaid claimants shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. Approved, June 22, 1937. [CHAPTER 375] June 22, 1937 [H. R. 3203] [Private, No. 1711 Rosalie Rose. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Rosalie Rose. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rosalie Rose, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $1,454.50 in
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