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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 116 -118 -APRIL 20, 21, 1937 Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and covered into the Treasury but subsequently ordered restored by the said court as no notice to appear had been given him, and a $200 fine imposed upon him by the said court for the violation of certain provisions of the National Prohibition Act during 1931: 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, April 20, 1937. [CHAPTER 117] AN ACT For the relief of E. B. Gray. 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, the sum of $1,000 to E. B. Gray, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for an equal amount paid by him on September 8, 1931, to the United States by reason of the forfeiture of the bail bond of Chester Koher, the latter having failed to appear for trial, but thereafter having been apprehended by said E. B. Gray, without cost to the Government, and imprisoned: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, 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 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mistlenmeanor anld upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1.000. Approved, April 20, 1937. ICHAPTER 118] AN ACT To provide for the settlement and adjustment of claims of contractors in con- nection with the construction of the factory building at the Reedsville Experi- mental Community, Arthurdale, West Virginia. 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 receive, settle, and adjust all claims of contractors in connection with the constructing and equipping of the factory building at the Reedsville Experimental Community. a subsistence homestead project, at Arthurdale, West Virginia. The unexpended balance of the sum made available to the President, for making loans for and otherwise aiding in the purchase of subsistence homesteads, by section 208 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, as amended and extended, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby made 945 Protiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 20, 1937 IH. R. 2936] [Private, No. 49] E. B. Gray. Payment to. Proriso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 21, 1937 [S. 1414] [Private, No. 50] Reedsville Experi- mental Community, Arthurdale, W. Va. Construction, etc. , claims to be adjusted. Funds available for payment. 48 Stat. 205 . 40 U. S.C. § 408.

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