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 988 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 11, 1937 [8. 1479] [Private, No. 144] Charles White. Payment to estate of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 329-331 -JUNE 11, 1937 Arkansas, on December 14, 1933: 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, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 330] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Charles White. 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, the sum of $250 to the estate of Charles White, late of Gonzalez, Florida, in full satisfaction of all claims of such estate against the United States for damages for losses resulting from the destruc- tion by members of the Seven Hundred and Fifty-seventh Civilian Conservation Corps Company of approximately one hundred trees growing on property owned by the said Charles White and occupied by such company under a lease dated October 3, 1933: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 331] June 11, 1937 [H. R. 85] [Private, No. 145] AN ACT For the relief of First Lieutenant R. G. Cuno. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the PayLme t0Cuo. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to First Lieutenant R. G. Cuno, retired, formerly second lieutenant, Air Corps, Langley Field, Virginia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $851.61, such sum to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to and destruction of personal prop- erty of the said Lieutenant R. G. Cuno stored by the quartermaster in the quartermaster warehouse at Langley Field, Virginia, the said damage to and destruction of said property having resulted from the flooding of said warehouse during the storm of August 23, 1933, without fault or negligence on the part of the said Lieutenant R. G. Cuno and while he was a patient, sick in line of duty, at Walter Reed Liittion onattor Hospital and unable to protect his interest in said property: Pro- ney's, etc., fees. 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be

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