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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 19-21 -FEB. 9, 10, 1938 Government hospital, and to allow in full and final settlement of said claim an amount not in excess of $25, under the appropriation of the Veterans' Administration available for payment for blood transfu- sion: 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 con- tract 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, February 9, 1938. [CHAPTER 20] AN ACT To authorize the issuance of an unrestricted patent to Judson M. Grimmet. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior shall issue an unrestricted patent for lot 7, section 14, township 18 north, range 14 west, Louisiana meridian, to Judson M. Grimmet, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, if in his opinion such lands are neither mineral in character nor valuable for deposits of oil or gas: Provided,That said Judson M. Grimmet shall show to the satis- faction of the Secretary of the Interior that he has acquired all the rights which passed in said land to Riley Hamilton under patent 763165. Approved, February 9, 1938. [CHAPTER 21] AN ACT For the relief of John Prosser. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John Prosser, of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, the sum of $400 in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States for injuries received by him on October 30, 1930, while participating in the arrest of two criminals who confessed to burglary of the post office at Fontanet, Indiana, but were prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned for offenses against the State of Indiana, said sum to be in lieu of the Federal reward to which said John Prosser would have been entitled had the criminals been prosecuted and convicted of the post-office bur- glary: 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 ren- dered 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, February 10, 1938. 1267 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. February 9, 1938 [S. 2773] [Private, No. 419] Judson M. Grim- met. Unrestricted land patent to. Condition. Proviso. Rights to be ac- quired. February 10, 1938 [S. 2418] [Private, No. 420] John Prosser. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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