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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 671-673-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 671] June 25, 1938 [H. R. 7198] [Privyatr Nn. 701 AN ACT For the relief of Fred Johnson. [CHAPTER 672] AN ACT June 2, 1938 [H. R. 7424] For the relief of certain persons whose cotton was destroyed by fire in the Ouachita [Private, No. 731] Warehouse, Camden, Arkansas. Onachita Ware- house, Camden, Ark. Payments of desig- nated claims for fire losses. Provaio. Limitatinn onattor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 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 following-named persons the amounts specified in full satisfac- tion of their claims against the United States for damages resulting from the loss by fire on September 29, 1934, of cotton belonging to them which was stored in the Ouachita Warehouse, at Camden, Arkansas, upon the order of collector of internal revenue, Treasury Department, Little Rock Arkansas without insurance: C. C. Mc- Lendon, $103.98; W. B. Yarbrough, $120.12; and Fred Curry, $62.75: 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 re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 673] ANT ACT'r June 25, 138 - [H. R. 7537] For the relief of certain stevedores employed on the United States Army transport [Private, No. 732] docks in San Francisco, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stevedores Army UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to the Additional pay to provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Secretary the he Treasury is etan, authorized. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to each of the persons named in the statement on file in the Oice of the Quartermaster General, War Department, as being employed as stevedores on the United States ni ti 1402 [52 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fred Johnson. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Payment to. 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 Fred Johnson, of Ben Hur, Arkansas, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal in- juries sustained by him as a result of an automobile accident in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 13, 1931, while he was a Federal prisoner in the custody of and riding in the car driven by a tiononttor- prohibition agent of the Department of Justice: Provided, That no Limitation on attor- ey's, etc., tees. 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 con- Penalty for viola- trary 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 25, 1938.

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