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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 740-742-JUNE 25, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. mile south of West Chicago, Illinois: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centurn 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. [CHAPTER 741] June 25, 1938 [H. R. 3747] [Private, No. 764] AN ACT For the relief of George 0. Wills. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the proge ion willEm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the require- ployees,' Compensa- ments of sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act tion Actextended to. to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffer- ing injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other 39 tat. 746, 747. purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby U. S .. . 765-70 . waived in the case of George O. Wills, of Golden, Colorado, formerly employed at South Saint Paul Minnesota, as senior lay inspector, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon his claim for disability due to bronchial asthma allegedly incurred as a result of such employment under the provisions of such Act, as amended, if filed within six Proviso, months after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That com- Compensaion. pensation, if any, shall be paid from and after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved, June 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 42271 [Private, No. 765] Mrs. R. A. Smith. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 742] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. R. A. Smnith. 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 Mrs. R. A. Smith of San Augustine, Texas, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received as a result of a collision with a Forest Service truck and the private car in which Mrs. R. A. Smith was a passenger October 22, 1934, near Yellowpine, Texas: 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 unlawful 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 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. [52 STAT.

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