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 1392 Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 642, 643, 650-JUNE 23, 24, 1938 [52 STAT. SEC. 3. 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 643] June 24, 1938 [H. R. 2149] [Private, No. 709] Capt. Guy L. Hart- man. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc. , fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 24, 1938 [H. R. 2358] [Private, No. 710] Dwain D. Miles. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Captain Guy L. Hartman. 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, the sum of $20,000 to Captain Guy L. Hartman, as reimbursement for loss suffered upon forfeiture of appearance bonds by United States commissioner in Kansas City, Missouri, May 22, 1915, in connection with prosecution of cases wherein complete recovery was had by the Government: 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 unlaw- ful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, 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 24, 1938. [CHAPTER 650] AN ACT For the relief of Dwain D. Miles. 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 Dwain D. Miles, of Coolidge, Texas, the sum of $3,500, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him when the automobile he was driving was struck by a United States Department of Agriculture truck, operated by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on a highway near Coolidge, Texas, on August 29, 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 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 24, 1938.

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