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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 345, 346, 366-JUNE 11, 14, 1938 [52 STAT. [CHAPTER 345] June 11, 1938 [8. 2979] I-.- No ... AN ACT For the relief of Glenn Morrow. June 11, 1938 18. 31131 [Private, No. 549] Congress Construc- tion Company. Payment to George W. Mason, trustee for. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 346] AN ACT For the relief of the Congress Construction Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemrbled, 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 George W. Mason, trustee for the Congress Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $6,402.60 in full settlement of the claim of said company against the United States for increased cost of labor incurred due to increase of wages at the request of Govern- ment officers and/or to the National Reconstruction I Administration and/or the President's reemployment agreement in the performance by said company of contract with the United States Engineers Office known as W-559-eng-2933 dated September 29, 1932, for the con- struction of dikes and revetment at Walker's Bar, Ohio River: Pro- vided, 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 366] June 14, 1938 I[. 6931 [Private, No. 660] W. K. Hyer. Payment to estate of. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of W. K. Hyer. 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, So in original. t 1324 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Glenn Morrow. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Glenn Morrow, of Des Moines, Iowa, the sum of $2,500 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States of America for the death of his wife resulting from injuries received when a car in which she was riding was struck by a vehicle operated by an employee of the Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Proiso. September 12, 1936: Provided,That no part of the amount appropri- rney's, etc., fee. ated 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 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 appropri- ated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of serv- ices rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the con- Penalty for viola trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this ion. Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1938. t,

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