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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 864, 865, 879-AUGUST 26, 28, 1937 her 10, 1933, with the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army for the erection of twenty-eight Civilian Conservation Corps camps, for damages alleged to be the result of work performed in addition to that required by said contract, notwithstanding the alleged failure of the contracting officer for the Government to issue written orders for said extra work, and/or losses alleged to be the result of delays on the part of the Government in furnishing materials which it had agreed to supply. Approved, August 26, 1937. . CHAPTER 865] AN ACT For the relief of Gallup's, Incorporated. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gallup's, Incorpo- rated, Kansas City, Missouri, the sum of $198.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Gallup's, Incorporated, on account of the destruction by fire at Washington State Park, De Soto, Missouri, on March 12, 1935, of certain surveying instruments which were leased by such company under its former name of "Gallup Map and Supply Company" to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 26, 1937. ,[CHAPTER 879] AN ACT For the relief of Margaret Voorhees, a minor. 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, the sum of $3,000 to the legal guardian of Margaret Voorhees, a minor, of Fonda, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained on July 2, 1935, at Fonda, New York, by Margaret Voorhees, as the result of the explosion of a torpedo firecracker thrown by a member of Company H, Sixty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry: Pro- 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 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 28, 1937. August 26, 1937 [H. R. 2215] [Private, No. 395] Gallup's, Inc. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 28, !937 [H1. R. 6151 [Private, No. 396j Margaret Voorhecs. Payment to guard- ian. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola. tion. 1099

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