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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 373-375-JUNE 14, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her as a result of being struck on Highway Numbered 27, about 12 miles south of Eastman, Georgia, by a United States Army truck after she had alighted from a school bus on May 19, 1937: 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 connection with such 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 such 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, June 14, 1938. [CHAPTER 374] June 14, 1938 [S. 3102] [Private, No. 558] Raquel Franco. Payment to estate of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Raquel Franco. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the administrator of the estate of Raquel Franco, deceased, for- merly of Panama City, Panama, the sum of $533.74 in full and final settlement of all claims whatsoever against the United States for expenses and damages arising from personal injuries sustained by Raquel Franco in the collision between a United States Army truck and the taxicab in which she was a passenger, on March 26, 1935, near Arraijan, Republic of Panama: 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 notwith- standing. 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, June 14, 1938. [CHAPTER 375] AN ACT June 14, 1938 [S. 3147] For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Felsenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Friedlander, [Private, No. 559] and Mrs. Gus Levy. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Felsenthal and others. Payments to. 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 Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Felsenthal, of Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $3,000; to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Friedlander, of Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $5,000; and to Mrs. Gus Levy, of Jackson, Tennessee, the sum of $250 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received by them when an automobile in which they were occupants was struck by a United States Army reconnaissance car, near the intersection of Union Avenue and Belvedere Boulevard in the 1328 [52 STAT.

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