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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 102-104- -APR. 6, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. the legal guardian of Robert McCoy, a minor, of Albany, California, the sum of $2,668.50 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries and expenses incurred when he was struck by an ambulance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, May 11, 1934, at Albany, California: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 attor- neys, 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 appro- priated 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 103] April 6, 1938 [H. R. 6844] [Private, No. 451] Mattie L. Carver. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 6, 1938 [H. R. 7173] [Private, No. 452] O. D. Thornhill. Payment to, of amount of judgment against James T. Rogers. Provisos. Clerk of district court to satisfy of record said Judgment. AN ACT For the relief of Mattie L. Carver. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mattie L. Carver, of Wichita, Kansas, the sum of $4,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained on October 13, 1936, when she was struck by an Army motorcycle while walking along Laclede Avenue, Wichita, Kansas: 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 104] AN ACT For the relief of G. D. Thornhill and James T. Rogers. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to G. D. Thorn- hill, of Birmingham, Alabama, the sum of $300, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States, or any employee thereof, for the amount of a judgment obtained March 11, 1937, against James T. Rogers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, on account of personal injury and damage sus- tained by him when his automobile overturned as the alleged result of attempting to avoid a collision with an automobile owned by the Government and operated by said James T. Rogers, an investigator, Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Depart- ment, in performing his official duties, on the Warrior River Road near Rock Creek, Jefferson County, Alabama, May 18,1936: Provided, That the clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is hereby authorized and directed, upon notifica- 1280 [52 STAT.

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