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 1008 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 410 -412-JUNE 29, 1937 [CHAPTER 410] June 29, 1937 [H. R. 1065] [Private, No. 184] Mrs. Louis Abner. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Louis Abner. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government, the sum of $500 to Mrs. Louis Abner, of Loogootee, Indiana, for injuries sustained by being struck by a United States Government truck driven or operated by a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps on September 29, 1934: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in 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 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, June 29, 1937. [CHAPTER 411] AN ACT For the relief of Sarah L. Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SaaSen toh. 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, the sum of $1,500 to Sarah L. Smith in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained in a fall in the United States post office at Niagara Falls, New York, on July Pro on o 18 1933: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Limitation on attor- . - - · ey's, etc., fees. 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 unlaw- ful 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 contract to the contrary notwith- Penalty for viola- 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. Approved, June 29, 1937. [CHAPTER 412] AN ACT For the relief of John Knaack. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payment to. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John Knaack, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, the sum of $2,500, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and June 29, 1937 [H. R. 1275] [Private, No. 185] n ti June 29, 1937 [H. ..2090] [Private, No. 186]

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