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 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 880, 881-AUGUST 28, 1937 [CHAPTER 880] August 28, 1937 [S. 1402] [Private, No. 397] P. S. Everest. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 28, 1937 [S. 1640] [Private, No. 398] Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mul- lins, and others. Payments to. AN ACT For the relief of P. S. Everest. 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 P. S. Everest, former Superintendent and special disbursing agent for the Lac du Flambeau Indian Agency, Lac du Flambeau, Wiscon- sin, the sum of $515.14, said sum to be in full settlement of his claim against the United States for a refund of interest paid to the Government on the principal sum of $1,712.23, representing losses incurred from January 30 to July 30, 1930, on account of the fraudu- lent acts of W. H. Shawnee, deputy disbursing agent, which prin- cipal sum has been paid to P. S. Everest by the surety of W. H. Shawnee: 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 vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 881] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others. 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 Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, for the death of their daughter, Eva Mae Mullins, the sum of $5,000; to the legal guardian of Elbert Grover Harrison, Junior, the sum of $11,000; to the legal guardian of Imogene Stanley, the sum of $500; to the legal guardian of Graynell Stanley, the sum of $2,500; to the legal guardian of Hazel Marie Hitchcock, the sum of $5,000; to the legal guardian of Patricia Lea Hitchcock, the sum of $1,000; to the legal guardian of Charles Ray Coulter, the sum of $4,000; to the legal guardian of Harry Robert Isenhart, the sum of $10,000; to the legal guardian of Carl Gene Bosley, the sum of $9,000; to the legal guardian of Doris Ruth Helmick, the sum of $750; to the legal guardian of James Andrew Belknap, the sum of $1,000; to Patrick Daniel and Nora Helena Grace Hickey, for injuries sustained by Paul Hickey, their son, the sum of $100; to Everett French Mick, for injuries sustained by Wallace Robert Mick, his son, the sum of $300; to William M. and Ato Norman Young, for injuries sustained by Harry Jess Young, their son, the sum of $100; to Albert and Della Workman Groves, for injuries sustained by Norris Blaine Groves, their son, the sum of $100; to Ethel Rollyson Lough, the sum of $2,500. and to Ray Earl Bennett, the sum of $75, all claimants of Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia; said sums, in all, $52,925. to be in full settlement of all claims against the Government for personal injuries and death

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