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 1304 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 13, 1938 [H. R. 48191 [Private, No. 505] Joseph Zani. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 13, 1938 [H. R. 5623] [Private, No. 506] Darwin Engstrand. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 203, 206, 207-MAY 12, 13, 1938 [52 STAT. on December 24, 1934, at the Black Ball Ferry Landing, Colman Dock, Seattle, Washington, when United States Navy truck num- bered 4041 backed into her automobile: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection 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, May 12, 1938. [CHAPTER 206] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Zani. 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 Joseph Zani, Orange, Massachusetts, the sum of $2,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Joseph Zani as the result of the death of his son, Joseph Zani, Junior, who was instantly killed on November 15, 1935, when struck by a machine owned by the Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration, at the intersection of East Main Street and Wheeler Avenue, Orange, Massachusetts: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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, May 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 207] AN ACT For the relief of Darwin Engstrand, 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 not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Darwin Engstrand, a minor, of Franconia, Minne- sota, the sum of $3,065.42, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal injuries suffered by the said Darwin Engstrand, on December 21, 1933, when he was severely burned by a fire left by employees of the Civil Works Admin- istration, adjoining a highway in Franconia Township, Chisago County, Minnesota: 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

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