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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 434, 441, 442-JUNE 15, 1938 the Robert E. Lee Hotel, of Jackson, Mississippi, the sum of $200, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of the value of one invalid postal money order fraudulently issued by Harry G. Peek, former postmaster at Sondheimer, Louisi- ana, which sum has heretofore been paid to the United States: 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 connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provi- sions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the recov- ery by the United States of funds embezzled by the said Harry G. Peek, or on money orders unlawfully issued by him, except that which is the subject of this claim. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 441] AN ACT For the relief of John H. Owens. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John H. Owens, of Omaha, Nebraska, the sum of $1,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained on September 23, 1931, when the automobile he was driving was struck at the intersection of Twentieth and Harney Streets, Omaha, Nebraska, by an automobile owned by the Department of Agriculture and operated by an employee thereof: 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 i any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 442] AN ACT For the relief of the Blue Rapids Gravel Company, of Blue Rapids, Kansas. 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 tile Blue Rapids Gravel Company, of Blue Rapids, Kansas, the sum of $350.40, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the rental of and damage to certain pumps and related equipment loaned to the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Seneca, Kansas, on or about May 30, 1935, upon the solicitation of R. H. Pennartz, then in charge of the camp, said equipment having been kept and used until March 11, 1936, a period of nine months and eleven days: 1343 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. Recovery of funds embezzled by Harry G. Peek. June 15, 1938 [S. 1274] [Private, No. 593] John H. Owens. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 16, 1938 [S. Mi;] [Private, No. 594] Blue Rapids Gravel Company, Blue Rapids, Kans. Payment to.

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