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 52 STAT.J 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 836 -838 -JUNE 29, 1938 D. B. Carter on July 27, 1937, allegedly as a result thereof, sustained when the automobile he was driving was struck by a truck leased to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and driven by an enlisted man named Frank Swoveland on January 14, 1934, about five miles west of Portsmouth, Virginia: 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 837] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Theriault. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Theriault, of Avery, Idaho, the sum of $844.20, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for the destruction of their house as a result of blasting operations of the United States Forest Service on April 4, 1936, in connection with an Emergency Conserva- tion Work road-construction project in the Saint Joe National Forest: 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 838] AN ACT For the relief of Charles P. McCarthy and the Paul Revere Fire Insurance Company. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles P. McCarthy, of Gorham, Maine, the sum of $1,600, and to the Paul Revere Fire Insurance Company, of New York, New York, the sum of $913.44, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages to Charles P. McCarthy's truck and trailer as the result of a collision December 31, 1937, with a Works Progress Administra- tion truck, on College Avenue near Murray Hill Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid to or received byany person or company as subrogee of the rights of said Charles P. McCarthy against the United States as the result of said accident, and 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 1439 Provtso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 29, 1938 [H. R. 9543] [Private, No. 822] Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Theriault. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 29, 1938 [U. R. 9.- 9] [Private, No. 823] Charles P. Mc- (arthy and Paul Revere Fire Insurance Company. Payments to. Proviso. Prohibition on pay- ment to subrogee. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees.

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