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 1096 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 26, 1937 [H. R. 688] [Private, No. 388] Maj. William W. McCaw, Army. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 857-859--AUGUST 26, 1937 pension of dredging operations by the United States under contract W-869-eng-666, dated October 18, 1933, from November 20, 1934, to November 25, 1934: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 858] AN ACT For the relief of Major William W. McCaw. 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 Major William W. McCaw, Medical Corps, United States Army, the sum of $336 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a stoppage in pay ordered against him on March 27, 1923, as a result of overpayments of an allotment in the case of Private Joseph Caci, from August 19, 1920, the date such soldier was court- martialed, through June 30, 1922, the date it was discovered that he had previously been dishonorably discharged, such overpayment resulting from the failure of Major McCaw, through a misinterpre- tation of the regulations, to notify the Finance Department of the Army of the said discharge of Private Joseph Caci: 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, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 859] August 26, 1937 [H. . i135] [Private, No. 389] R. E. Rainer and others. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of R. E. Rainer, R. H. Alderman, and John Harmon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to R. E. Rainer the sum of $101.50, to R. H. Alderman the sum of $99.50, and to John Harmon the sum of $53.73, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, representing the value of personal property which they lost in the performance of their duties as customs patrol inspectors when the customs vessel U. S. C. 4192 was destroyed by explosion and fire on December 3,

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