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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 713 -715-JUNE 25, 198 1405 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 timty or vioa- this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 714] AN ACT For the relief of George J. Leatherwood. 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 George J. Leatherwood, of Murphy, North Carolina, the sum of $750, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of an injury sustained by him at Murphy, North Carolina, on the 7th day of October 1930, while assisting in the apprehension of Jess McPherson, Walter Bryson, and Casey Bryson, who had robbed a post office at Coker Creek, Tennessee, the said George J. Leather- wood having been summoned and deputized by A. M. Carringer, chief of police at Murphy, North Carolina, to assist in the apprehension of said robbers: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [S. 1987] [Private, No. 737] George J. Leather- wood. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 715] AN ACT For the relief of Henry E. Reents. 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 to Henry E. Reents, of Strong City, Kansas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500, in full settle- ment of any and all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties as telegrapher for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Com- pany at Strong City, Kansas, June 11, 1936, when he was struck by mail sacks thrown from a moving train by a railway mail clerk: 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 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 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [S. 20521 [Private, No. 7381 Itenry E. Iteents. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torey's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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