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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 750-752-JUNE 25, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. Muriel C. Young, of Marshfield, Oregon, the sum of $2,250, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered on September 6, 1936, when struck by motor truck USDI 5386 owned by the United States and driven by an employee of the National Park Service on highway Numbered 99E, near Salem, Oregon: 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. [CHAPTER 751] June 25,1938 [H. R. 7759] [Private, No. 774] Susan Lawrence Davis. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Susan Lawrence Davis. 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 Susan Lawrence Davis, of Washington, District of Columbia, out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia not otherwise appro- priated, in the same proportion that the annual fiscal expenses of the government of the District of Columbia were paid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, the sum of $1,800 in full satisfaction and set- tlement of all claims against the United States and the government of the District of Columbia on account of damage to her business and reputation resulting from her illegal arrest on May 2,1932, by a police- woman of the Metropolitan Police Department, and her subsequent confinement in Gallinger Municipal Hospital for mental examina- tion: 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. [CHAPTER 752] June 25, 1938 [H. R. 8051] [Private, No. 775] Roswell H. Haynie. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. AN ACT For the relief of Roswell H. Haynie. 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 Roswell H. Haynie, of Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries suffered as the result of having been struck by a United States mail truck in Baltimore on September 24, 1936, at the intersection of North Avenue and Saint Paul Street: 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 such claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive 1420 [52 STAT.

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