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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 612-614-JUNE 23, 1938 death of said Swan Carr: 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. 1379 Proeso. Limitation on attor ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 613] AN ACT For the relief of Henry M. Hyer. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Henry M. Hyer, Charleston, South Carolina, the sum of $1,250 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received by him when the automobile in which he was riding was struck, on United States Highway Numbered 17, near Charleston, South Carolina, on October 21, 1935, by a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 per- son 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 614] AN ACT For the relief of the State of New York Insurance Department as liquidator. 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 State of New York Insurance Department as liquidator of the Concord Casualty and Surety Company the sum of $5,500. Such sum shall be in full settlement of its claim against the United States for the loss sustained by such company on account of the forfeiture to the United States of a bail bond executed by such company and conditioned upon the delivery in court of one James Burke, alias Jack Corbett, alias Noble John Moore. By reason of the nonap- pearance of the said James Burke, alias Jack Corbett, alias Noble John Moore, such bail bond was declared forfeited in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on or about October 5, 1933, and on or about October 11, 1933, such com- pany paid to the clerk of such court the sum of $10,000 in full satisfaction of such bond. Subsequently, the said James Burke, alias Jack Corbett, alias Noble John Moore, was arrested, sentenced, and imprisoned in the Federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsyl- June 23, 1938 [H. R.. 232] [Private, No. 679] Henry M. Hyer. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 2M01 [Private, No. 680] State of New York Insurance Depart- ment. Payment to.

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