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 1088 Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TE CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 839-841 -AUGUST 26, 1937 ment of James A. Lyons against Thomas Bailey: Provided further 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, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 840] t t August 26, 1937 [S. 2154] [Private, No. 370] AN ACT For the relief of Hattie Tolbert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Hattie Tolbert. 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 Hattie Tolbert, of Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $2,500 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the death of her mother, Mary Goode, and her sister, Irma Dean, on March 1, 1921 on account of being struck by United States Navy (N-10) seaplane (A-2458) while piloted negligently low on the shore line LPitiononattor- of Pensacola Bay near Muskogee wharf, Pensacola, Florida: Pro- ley's, etc., fees. vided, 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 ionalty for vola- contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 26, 1937. Angust 28, 1937 [S. 2476] [Private, No. 371] R. F. Lassly. Credit in aocounts. [CHAPTER 841] AN ACT For the relief of R. F. Lassly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of R. F. Lassly, former chief disbursing clerk, Department of the Interior, for the payment of $30 to D. W. Robinson, Junior, of Columbia, South Carolina, for the preparation of a legal opinion at the request of the South Caro- lina State Advisory Board for the Public Works Administration on the application of the town of Summerton, South Carolina, for a loan from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, and for the payment of $75 to J. M. Cantey, Junior, of Columbia, South Carolina, for the preparation of a legal opinion at the request of the South Carolina State Advisory Board for the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, on the application of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, for a loan from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, which payments were made by vouchers numbered 7127 and 7128, respectively, and disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Approved, August 26, 1937.

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