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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 370-372-JUNE 19, 1937 [CHAPTER 370] June 19, 1937 [8. 6651 [Private, No. 166] Everett P. Sheri- dan (deceased). Credit in postal ac- counts. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Everett P. Sheridan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the final settlement of the accounts of Everett P. Sheridan, deceased, former postmaster at Warren, Massachusetts, credit is hereby authorized in the sum of $37.74, being the difference between the amount of war- savings funds on deposit to his official credit in the First National Bank of Warren, Massachusetts, when said bank closed in 1923 and the aggregate amount thereafter received by the Government as dividends in the liquidation of the bank's affairs. Approved, June 19, 1937. [CHAPTER 371] June 19, 1937 [H. R. 2080] [Private, No. 167] Eleanora S. Rich- ardson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 19, 1937 [H. R. 22a] [Private, No. 1681 Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter B. Johnson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. AN ACT For the relief of Eleanora S. Richardson. 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 Eleanora S. Richardson, of Sumter, South Carolina, the sum of $67.50 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for loss sustained by the said Eleanora S. Richardson in the cashing of War Department allotment check numbered 804988 in favor of J. B. Brown as allottee of Richard Brown, an enrollee 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 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 19, 1937. [CHAPTER 372] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Johnson and Joy Johnson, a minor. 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 m the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the sum of $2,000, jointly to Walter B. Johnson and Mrs. Walter B. Johnson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries to themselves and their minor daughter, Joy Johnson, and medical and hospital expenses incident thereto as a result of a collision of an automobile in which they were riding with a Government Civilian Conservation Corps truck, which truck was being recklessly operated, causing said collision on March 15, 1935, on Highway Numbered 35, near Sevier- ville, Tennessee: 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 998

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