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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 738-740-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 738] AN ACT For the relief of Eugene Nicholas. 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 legal guardian of Eugene Nicholas the sum of $415.50 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for injuries received when he was run over by a Post Office Department vehicle in Fall River, Massachusetts, on April 17, 1934: 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 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 2429] [Private, No. 761] Eugene Nicholas. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 739] AN ACT For the relief of W. D. Presley. 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 W. D. Presley, of Commerce, Georgia, the sum of $665, in full settle- ment of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sus- tained by him when, on October 23, 1935, the car in which he was riding was struck by a Soil Conservation Service truck, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture on the Jefferson-Commerce Road in Jackson County, Georgia: 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 violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [H. R .2665 [Private, No. 762] W. D. Presley. Payment to. Proeiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 740] AN ACT For the relief of Roland Stafford. 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 Roland Stafford, of Warrenville, Illinois, the sum of $1,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him on January 16, 1935, when struck by a National Park Service truck, operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps on Illinois State Highway Numbered 59, one 1415 June 25, 1938 [H. R. 32251 [Private, No. 763] Roland Stafford. Payment to.

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