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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CtIS. 495-497-JUNE 16, 1938 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, attor- ney 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 said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 496] AN ACT For the relief of Barbara Jean Matthews, a minor. 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 to Ellen Matthews, guardian of Barbara Jean Matthews, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500 in full settlement against the Government for injuries received when her hands were crushed by a falling piano at Yosemite National Park, Camp Numbered 15, July 24, 1932: 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, attor- ney 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 appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 497] AN ACT For the relief of L. P. McGown. 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 authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to L. P. McGown, Bangor, Maine, the sum of $188.88, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation which he earned while serving as controller with the airway traffic-control station of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, at Newark, New Jersey, from July 24, 1936, to August 27, 1936, which was denied because the Civil Service Commission did not approve his appoint- ment to such position due to his lack of aeronautical training or experience: 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 16, 1938. Penalty for viola- tion. June 16, 138 [H. R.4258] [Private, No. 611] Barbara Jean Mat- thews. Payment to guard- ian of. Provlo. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 5904] [Private, No. 612] I.. P. MeGown. Payment to. Provro. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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