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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 758-760-JUNE 25, 1938 of Red Bank, New Jersey, on February 20, 1937: 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. 1423 Provieo. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 759] AN ACT For the relief of Kate Durham Thomas. 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, the sum of $5,000 to Kate Durham Thomas, of Charlotte, North Caro- lina, widow of Henry E. Thomas, late an agent in charge in the United States Secret Service, who died August 17, 1936, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident, near Sanford, North Carolina, while engaged in an official investigation: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1.000. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 760] AN ACT For the relief of Gus Vakas. 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 lie is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gus Vakas, of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $2,500 in full and final settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States on account of the death of his son, Pete Vakas, who died August 21, 1937, from injuries received in line of his duty while confined in the National Training School for Boys at Washington, District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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.86431 [Private, No. 782] Kate Durham Thomas. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 8683] [Private, No. 783] (Ous Vakas. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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