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 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 372-374-JUNE 19, 92, 1937 rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- Penalty for viola- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 19, 1937. [CHAPTER 373] AN ACT For the relief of William Hayes. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $700 to William Hayes in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by being struck by an auto- mobile driven by Customs Patrol Inspector Herbert R. Bowen on August 31, 1928, in the city of Niagara Falls, New York: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the miscellaneous receipts fund of the Treasury the sum of $75 appropriated in the First Deficiency Act of March 26, 1930 (46 Stat. 124), for the benefit of William Hayes, as set forth in the schedule of claims contained in House Document Numbered 243, Seventy-first Congress: Provided further, 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 22, 1937. [CHAPTER 374] AN ACT For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war, catastrophes of nature, and other causes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money: To William H. Hunt, formerly American consul at Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, the sum of $1,080.50, such sum rep- resenting the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the cyclone at Pointe a Pitre, September 12, 1928. To the estate of the late J. Frank Points, formerly American vice consul and clerk at Nassau, Bahama Islands, the sum of $312, such sum representing the value of reasonable and necessary personal property lost as a result of the hurricane at Nassau, Bahama Islands, September 16, 1928. June 22,1937 [H. R. 1277] [Private, No. 169] William Hayes. Payment to. Provisos. Former appropria- tion covered in. 46 Stat. 124 . Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 22, 1937 [H. R. 29241 [Private, No. 170] Foreign Service. Appropriation au- thorized for relief of designated officers, etc. Ante, p. 769. William H. Hunt. J. Frank Points, estate. 999

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