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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 560, 561-JUNE 21, 1938 [CHAPTER 560] AN ACT For the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard. 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 destruction of, or damage to, personal property and effects as a result of the fire which occurred on the Connecticut Street Pier, Seattle, Washington, on June 3, 1937, as follows: Earl K. Rhodes, lieutenant, $175; Christopher C. Knapp, lieutenant (junior grade), $358.50; Irving J. Stephens, lieutenant (junior grade), $204.90; Edgar V. Carlson, lieutenant (junior grade), $188.25; Albert J. Carpenter, lieutenant (junior grade), $281.75; Ralph D. Dean, ensign, $107; Thomas A. Ross, chief boatswain, $138.50; Emil Moen, boat- swain, $50; Ellis F. Gradin, gunner, $379.30; Obey C. Scott, machin- ist, $40; Virgil L. McLean, pay clerk, $47.44; Joseph H. Chagnot, carpenter, $80; Melvin J. Archambeau, chief boatswain's mate, $8; and George Wray, chief carpenter's mate, $58: 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 21, 1938. [CHAPTER 561] AN ACT For the relief of Commander James T. Mathews. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James T. Mathews, commander, United States Navy, the sum of $750, in full satisfaction of his claim, and that of his wife, against the United States because of the destruction, in whole or in part, of their clothing and other personal property in a fire of undetermined origin in the quarters of the said James T. Mathews at the Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, on April 17, 1933: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per cen- tum 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. 1367 June 21, 1938 [8. 3734] [Private, No. 648] Coast Guard. Payment to certain personnel for property losses. Preoiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 21, 1938 [H. R. 8480] [Private, No. 649] Comdr. James T. Mathews. Payment to. Proeiao. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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