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 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION--CS. 139, 165, 1 6 6-April27,1937 May 6, 1937 or destroyed as a result of the fire which occurred in Unit J, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia, on February 21, 1927: 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 these claims, 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 27, 1937. [CHAPTER 165] AN ACT For the relief of Arthur C. Knox. 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 Arthur C. Knox, of Peekskill, New York, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained by the said Arthur C. Knox as the result of the death of his daughter, Marjorie, who was struck and fatally injured by a Department of Agriculture truck on April 5, 1935, in Peekskill, New York: 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 per- son 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, May 6, 1937. 951 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola. tion. May 6, 1937 [H. R. 417] [Private, No. 62] Arthur C. Knox. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 1661 AN ACT For the relief of Fay Pledger. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Fay Pledger the sum of $230 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to his automobile as the result of an accident occasioned by collision with a Government vehicle operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps near Summerville, Georgia, on June 24, 1935: 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, May 6, 1937. May 6, 1937 III. R. 61] [Private, No. 63] Fay Pledger. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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