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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 548-550- -JUNE 20, 1938 [52 STAT. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. as a result of an explosion of dynamite set off on a Works Progress Administration project at the city yard, Lawrence, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1937: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered 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 appro- priated 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 549] AM AfT June 20, 1938 - - [S. 3587] For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nixon, parents of Herschel Lee Nixon, [Private, No. 641] deceased minor son. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nixon. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 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. P. F. Nixon, of Littlefield, Texas, parents of Herschel Lee Nixon, deceased minor son, the sum of $3,000 in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States for compensation on account of fatal injuries received by the said Herschel Lee Nixon on October 6, 1937, when he was crushed by a truck negligently driven by an employee of the Works Progress Administration, near Spade, Texas, which injuries resulted in the immediate death of the said Herschel Lee Nixon: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 attor- neys, 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 appro- priated 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 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 550] June 20, 1938 [S. 3719] [Private, No. 642] ManuelL. Clay. Payment to. George P. Jones. Payment to guard- ian of. AN ACT For the relief of Manuel L. Clay. 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 Manuel L. Clay, father of Carlton Clay, a minor, of Stonington, Connecticut, the sum of $3,000, and to the legal guardian of George P. Jones, a minor, of Mystic, Connecticut, the sum of $500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of the said Carlton Clay, on January 13 1938, as a result of their being struck by a vehicle in the service of the Works Progress Administra-

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