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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 745-747-JUNE 25, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 26, 1938 [H. R. 64611 [Private, No. 769] William F. Bour- land. Payment to. Lavina Karns, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, Ralph Karns, who died of injuries received as the result of a collision between a truck operated by him and a truck of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, on February 4, 1935, at Menomonie, Wisconsin: 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 con- nection 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. [CHAPTER 746] AN ACT For the relief of William F. Bourland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds in the United States Treasury belonging to the Chickasaw Nation not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 to William F. Bourland in full payment for services as a delegate of said nation to Washington from January 1 to June 20, 1910, inclusive. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 747] June 25, 1938 [H. R. 6669] [Private, No. 770] Augusta L. Collins. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Augusta L. Collins. 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 Augusta L. Collins, of the Bronx, New York City, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the death of her husband George Collins, from injuries sustained when he was struck by a United States mail truck, on October 16, 1935, at the intersection of West Thirty-third Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City: 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. 1418 [52 STAT.

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