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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 610-612-JUNE 23, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 1250] [Private, No. 677] Emilie Dew and others. Payments to. Provso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 2191] [Private, No. 678] Roberta Carr. Payment to. by reason of the negligence of the driver of a four-mule team and wagon which was operated by and in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, in blocking the highway: 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 611] AN ACT For the relief of Emilie Dew, Jack Welsh, Mary Jane Bowden, and Henry U. Gaines, Junior. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Emilie Dew, of Ysleta, Texas, the sum of $2.350, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the death of her minor son, Charles Dew; and to the legal guardian of Jack Welsh, a minor, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $635.81; to the legal guardian of Mary Jane Bowden, a minor, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $1,244 and to the legal guardian of Henry U. Gaines, Junior, a minor, of Ysleta, Texas, the sum of $1,993.95, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by them; said death and injuries resulting on November 14, 1936, from a collision between the automobile in which they were riding and a vehicle of the United States Army, operated by military police, at the intersection of Wilson Road and Newman Highway (United States Highway Numbered 54), Fort Bliss Military Reservation, Texas: 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, anv 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 6121 AN ACT For the relief of Roberta Carr. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the main- tenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Roberta Carr, of Sandlick, Claiborne County, Tennessee, the sum of $5,000 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States as a result of a collision between a truck operated by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps and an automobile driven by her husband, Swan Carr, on highway numbered 25-E, between Tazewell and Cumber- land Gap, Tennessee, on April 27, 1935, which collision caused the 1378 [52 STAT.

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