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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 568 -570-JUNE 22, 1938 June 22, 1938 [S. 82] [Private, No. 650] F. A. Rumery and Sons. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 22, 1938 [S. 652] [Private, No. 651] John B. Jones. Military record cor- rected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. [CHAPTER 568] AN ACT For the relief of F. A. Rumery and Sons, of Portland, Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to F. A. Rumery and Sons, of Portland, Maine, the sum of $1,020 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for extra expenses incurred in the construction of the United States customs inspection station at Houlton, Maine, under contract numbered Tlsa-3536, dated September 22, 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 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 22, 1938. [CHAPTER 569] AN ACT For the relief of John B. Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers John B. Jones, who served as a first lieutenant, One Hundred and Forty-third Infantry, United States Army, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged under honorable conditions from the military service of the United States on the 8th day of June 1918: Provided, That no back pay, compensation, benefit, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, June 22, 1938. [CHAPTER 570] June 22, 1938 [S. 1239] lPrivate. No. 6521 AN ACT For the relief of John W. Beck. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the InuiWry. inca- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President pacity, etc., author- of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to summon John 6ed. W. Beck, a first lieutenant, United States Army, retired, before a retiring board, to inquire whether at the time of his retirement 0oU.s .c. 671. under section 24b, National Defense Act, as amended, he was incapac- itated for active service, and whether such incapacity was a result of an incident of service, and if, as a result of such inquiry, it is ApointmeenasntReg found that he was so incapacitated, the President is authorized to lar Army; condition. nominate and appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, the Retirement. said John W. Beck, a first lieutenant, Regular Army, and place him immediately thereafter upon the retired list of the Army, with the same privileges and retired pay as are now or may hereafter be provided by law or regulation for officers of the Regular Army: Nobackpay,etc. Provided, That the said John W. Beck shall not be entitled to any back pay or allowances by the passage of this Act. Approved, June 22, 1938. 1368 [52 STAT. ii fu u

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