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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 442-444-JUNE 15, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 15, 1938 [S. 3188] [Private, No. 595] Ouachita National Bank, Monroe, La., and others. Payment to. Provisos. Mrs. Cluren Surles, cancelation of judg- ment against. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. Recovery of funds embezzled by Harry Q. Peek. June 15, 1938 [S. 3379] [Private, No. 596] Arthur T. Miller. Payment to. 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, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 443] AN ACT For the relief of the Ouachita National Bank of Monroe, Louisiana; the Milner- Fuller, Incorporated, Monroe, Louisiana; estate of John C. Bass, of Lake Providence, Louisiana; Richard Bell, of Lake Providence, Louisiana; and Mrs. Cluren Surles, of Lake Providence, Louisiana. 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 the Ouachita National Bank, of Monroe, Louisiana, the sum of $500; to the Milner-Fuller, Incorporated, of Monroe, Louisiana, the sum of $100; to the estate of John C. Bass, of Lake Providence, Louisiana, the sum of $170; to Richard Bell, of Lake Providence, Louisiana, the sum of $110, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for a refund of the value of fourteen invalid postal money orders fraudulently issued from December 6, 1932, to Decem- ber 22, 1932, by Harry G. Peek, former postmaster at Sondheimer, Louisiana, which sums have heretofore been paid to the United States: Provided, That the judgment against Mrs. Cluren Surles, of Lake Providence, Louisiana, based upon two money orders issued on December 15, 1932, in the amount of $180 be, and it is hereby, can- celed: Provided further, 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 these claims, 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. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the recovery by the United States of funds embezzled by the said Harry G. Peek, or on money orders unlawfully issued by him, except those which are the subject to 1 these claims. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 444] AN ACT For the relief of Arthur T. Miller. 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 Arthur T. Miller, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the sum of $50 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the Govern- 'So in original 1344 [52 STAT.

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