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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 286, 287, 307-MAY 26, 31, 1938 repaid if it should be determined by the courts that said regulations were of no legally binding effect: 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, May 26, 1938. [CHAPTER 287] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of F. Gray Griswold. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwith- standing the provisions of sections 25 (a) and 9 (m) of the Settle- ment of War Claims Act of 1928, the Attorney General of the United States, as successor to the Alien Property Custodian, and the Secre- tary of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the estate of F. Gray Griswold, deceased, of New York City, the sum of $15,032 plus accrued earnings, said funds having been paid over to the Alien Property Custodian by F. Gray Griswold and being now held by the Alien Property Bureau in an individual trust numbered 47664 in the name of F. Gray Griswold. Approved, May 26, 1938. 1319 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 26 1938 [H. R. 7104] [Private, No. 536] F. Gray Griswold. Payment to estate of. 45 Stat. 268, 272. [CHAPTER 307] AN ACT May 31, 1938 For the relief of Mary Kane, Ella Benz, Muriel Benz, John Benz, and Frank [H. R .4222] Restis. [Private, No. 537] 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 Mary Kane, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $1,000; to Ella Benz, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $500; to the legal guardian of Muriel Benz, a minor, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $75; to John Benz, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $140.35; and to Frank Restis, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $75; in all, $1,790.35, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for injuries and property damage sustained by them when, on August 9, 1934, an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a United States mail truck in the city of Chicago, Illinois: 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 claims, 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 31, 1938. Mary Kane and others. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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