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 75TH ('ONGRESS. 1ST SESSION--CHS. 202-20- -MAY 15, 1937 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 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 203] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Dauwe, Alberto Esparza, Frank Van den Hende, Germain Van der Poorten, and Cesar Van Overbenborger. 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 Frank Dauwe the sum of $342.62; to Alberto Esparza the sum of $75; to Frank Van den Hende the sum of $726.25; to Germain Van der Poorten the sum of $210; and to Cesar Van Overbenborger the sum of $135; in all, $1,488.87, in full settlement of all claims against the United States past or future on account of losses of growing crops on their land or damage to land adjoining Kelly Field, Texas, by reason of the Government's action in diverting the natural flow of surface waters by erecting a railroad embankment and a dike at Kelly Field, Texas: 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 notwith- standing. 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 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 204] AN ACT For the relief of E. P. Conroy and Graham Conroy. 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 E. P. Conroy of Salem, Oregon, the sum of $1,490, and to the regu- larly appointed, qualified, and acting guardian of Graham Conroy, a minor, of Salem, Oregon, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of their respective claims against the United States for damages for personal injuries suffered on September 8, 1935, at the intersection of Freemont Street and Thirty-third Avenue northeast, Portland, Oregon, when the automobile in which said E. P. Conroy and Graham Conroy were riding was struck by a Government ambulance, U. S. CCC numbered 7538, operated by L. C. Skinner, CC 9-164255, an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 961 Penalty for viola- tion. May 15, 1937 [S. 4611 [Private, No. 84] Frank Dauwa, and others. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 15, 1937 [S. 8121 [Private, No. 851 E. P. Conroy and guardian of Graham Conroy. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at torney's, etc., fees.

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