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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 617-619--JUNE 23, 1938 [CHAPTER 617] AN ACT For the relief of the New Amsterdam Casualty Company. 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 the New Amsterdam Casualty Company, San Francisco, Cali- fornia, the sum of $6,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, for the amount of a bail bond of $10,000 filed in the case of the United States against Zangwell Engelsher, and subsequently forfeited on April 18, 1933, when the said Engelsher failed to appear for trial, although he was later ap- prehended and convicted of counterfeiting through the efforts of the claimant herein: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or de- livered 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, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount ap- propriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on ac- count of services rendered in connection with said claim, any con- tract 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. 1381 June 23, 1938 [H. R. 4032] [Private, No. 683] New Amsterdam Casualty Company. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 618] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. D. O. Benson. 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, and in full settlement against the Government of the United States, the sum of $3,000 to Mrs. D. O. Benson, of Atlanta, Georgia, for injuries received as the result of being struck by a War Department truck at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 16, 1935: 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 619] AN ACT For the relief of George F. Anderson and Vera D. Anderson. 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 June 23, 1938 [H. R. 4830] [Private, No. 684] Mrs. D. 0. Benson. Payment to. Iroviso. Limitation on at lor- n'y's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 5153] [Private, No. 685] George F. Anderson and Vera D. Ander- son. Payment to.

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