Private Law 75–189

That the Secretary

Mary E. Cavey.

Payment to.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary E. Cavey, of Ilchester, Maryland, daughter of Robert Cavey, deceased, former postmaster at Ilchester, Maryland, the sum of $181.31, who, without prior designation by the Postmaster General, performed the duties of acting postmaster at the office at Ilchester from July 3, 1934, the date following the death of the former postmaster, until October 17, 1934, the day prior to the appointment of Mary E. Cavey as acting postmaster at Ilchester, both dates inclusive, such sum representing the amount of compensation which Mary E. Cavey would have been entitled to receive lad she been regularly designated as acting postmaster for such period.

Sec. 2.

That the Comptroller General of the United States is

Joseph C. Kinney.

Credit in postal account.

hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of Joseph C. Kinney, postmaster at Stacyville, Iowa, with $68.92, being the amount which he paid from the postal receipts of the post office at Stacyville, Iowa, to Mrs. George H. Kinney as compensation for her voluntary services in acting as postmaster at said post office from October 15 to November 6, 1933, inclusive, following the death of her husband, George H. Kinney, the former postmaster.

Sec. 3.

That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit, in the settlement and adjustment of accounts and claims for services rendered at third- and fourth-class post offices, the account of J. Edgar Gift, deceased, former postmaster at Lemasters, Pennsylvania, with $64.76, being the amount deducted from the postal receipts of the post office at Lemasters, Pennsylvania, by Paul E. Gluck for his voluntary services as acting postmaster at said post office from February 23 to March 31, 1934, inclusive, following the death of the former postmaster.

Sec. 4

No part the amount appropriated in section 1 of this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, 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.