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 1370 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 22, 1938 [S. 39401 [Private, No. 656] ax ne tit PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 573, 574, 579-JUNE 22, 1938 [52 STAT. Christ Rieber, of Reichle, Montana, the sum of $1,000 in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for damages resulting from the loss by fire on April 22, 1936, of a house and shed owned by him which was occupied by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck trails survey crew under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agri- culture: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, 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, with- hold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated 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 notwith- standing. 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 574] AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to adjust and settle the claim of Oscar L. Mather. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Settleento thelim United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- ithorized. troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Oscar L. Mather, Madison Lake, Minnesota, for $241.80, for timber removed from his land, without authority therefor, by employees of the Government stationed at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-53, Side Lake, Minnesota, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the Appropriaon sum of not to exceed $241.80. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Pov$o. 241.80, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of Limitation on attor- the claim: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this oy's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for viola- contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the )n. 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 5791 June 22, 1938 [H. R . 7607] [Private, No. 657] Frank B. Decker. Payment to. Procio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., tees. AN ACT For the relief of Frank B. Decker. 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 Frank B. Decker, of Corvallis, Oregon, the sum of $250 in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained when he fell as a result of the hazardous condition of the steps at the main entrance of the Corvallis, Oregon, post office on April 13, 1933: 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

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