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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 114 -116 -APR. 7, 1938 [CHAPTER 114] AN ACT For the relief of Merritt Rea. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Em- ployees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to pay, from the Employees' Compensation Fund, the sum of $217.50 to Merritt Rea, of Portsmouth, Virginia, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for medical and hospital expenses resulting from injury sustained by him while employed in the Nor- folk Navy Yard at Portsmouth, Virginia, on February 9, 1934: 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, April 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 115] AN ACT For the relief of the Acme Wire and Iron Works. 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 and in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $990 to the Acme Wire and Iron Works, of Detroit, Michigan, in payment of its claim for liquidated damages assessed under a contract VBc-785 with the Veterans' Administration, executed November 18, 1930, for the construction and finishing complete of certain window and radi- ator grilles at the Edward Hines, Junior, Hospital, Hines, Illinois: 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 pro- visions 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 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 116] AN ACT For the relief of G. F. Flanders and J. W. Talbert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of G. F. Flanders, former United States marshal for the southern district of Georgia, in the amount of $87.50, being the amount paid by him to J. W. Talbert for steno- graphic service in reporting the testimony in the case of United States against Frank Debbs Ware in July 1933, said sum having been disallowed as compensation in excess of the amount allowed by the Act of March 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 120). Approved, April 7, 1938. 1283 April 7, 1938 RH. 4427] [Private, No. 458 Merritt Rea. Payment to. Frovi/o. Limitation on aS torney's, eto., ees. Penalty for viea- tion. April 7, 1938 1H. R. 6104) [Private, No. 46] Acme Wire and Iron Werks. Payment to. Provso. Limitation on at- torney's, eto., fee. Penalty for viol- tion. April 7, 1938 . R. 5195) [Private, No. 460] O. P. Flanders. Credit of account in amount paid by, to J. W. Talbert 39 Stat. 120 . 6U. .C.§8.

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