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 1353 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 500-502 - -JUNE 16, 1938 rose Park, Illinois, with the sum of $13,220.06, representing the amount of public funds and property lost in the burglary of the post office at Melrose Park, Illinois, on December 20, 1935, such loss having resulted from no fault or negligence on the part of said postmaster, as determined by the Postmaster General under a provision in title 39, United States Code, section 49. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 501] AN ACT For the relief of Earl J. Lipscomb. 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 Earl J. Lipscomb, Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia, the sum of $162.40 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered on October 22, 1936, when the truck in which he was riding was struck by an Emergency Conservation Work truck being operated under the United States Forest Service supervision near Parsons, West Virginia: 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. [CHAPTER 502] AN ACT For the relief of Filomeno Jiminez and Felicitas Dominguez. 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 Filomeno Jininez the sum of $150 and to Felicitas Dominguez the suIm of $900 in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States to land within the Nambe Indian Reservation, New Mexico, title to which is in the United States although the lands have been occupied by claim- ants and their predecessors for more than sixty years: Provided,That no paymlent shall be made hereunder until the Secretary of the Interior shall have certified that said Filomeno Jiminez and Felicitas l)ominguez have entered into an agreement satisfactory to him to vacate the said lands within a specified period after payment shall have been made: 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 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. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 8543] [Private, No. 6161 Earl J. Lipscomb. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 92001 [Private, No. 6171 Filomeno Jiminez and Felicitas Domin- guez. Payments to. Provisos. Condition. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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