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 1366 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 553, 558, 559-JUNE 20, 21, 1938 [52 STAT. Lewis R. Kline, on July 1, 1918, by the explosion of an unemptied acetylene gas tank owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Department, and delivered to him as an empty tank for refilling along with other empty tanks: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 558] A'x ACm' June 21, 1938 IS. 3005] To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of [Private, No. 646] the A. C. Messier Company. A. C. Messier Com- pany. Claim of, referred to Court of Claims. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Court of Claims of the United States be, and hereby is, given jurisdiction to hear and determine the claim of the A. C. Messier Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, notwithstanding lapse of time or any statute of limitations, and to award said company compensation for additional material furnished the Government under contract dated April 17, 1918, for the manufacture and delivery of cartridge clips. Approved, June 21, 1938. [CHAPTER 559] June 21, 1938 if. 3540] [Private, No. 647] Coquille River Coast Guard Station, Bandon, Oreg. Payment of claims of designated person- nel. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of certain personnel of the Coquille Rliver Coast Guard Station, Bandon, Oregon. 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 following named personnel of the United States Coast Guard in full settlement of their claims against the United States for loss or dest ruc- tion of, or damage to, personal property and effects as a result of thie fire which occurred at the Coquille River Coast Guard Station, Ban- don, Oregon, on September 27, 1936, as follows: Esmerald Goodman, boatswain's mate, first class (lifesaving), $110.70; Raymond H. Wil- son, boastwain's 1 mate, first class (lifesaving), $86.10 ;'Louis J. Burns, motor machinist's mate, first class (lifesaving), $95.10; Silvie S. Langton, surfman, $80.75; Eudorus J. Brown, surfman, $65.60; Kenneth G. Sherwood, surfman, $41.25; Alvin Combs, surfman, $54.34; William E. Knight, surfman, $52.99; Olaaf E. Starr, surfman, $58.55; Ejner E. Jensen, surfman, $40.95: 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 not- withstanding. 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 21, 1938. So in original.

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