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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 841, 843, 844 -JUNE 29, 1938 at East Leroy, Michigan: 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 843] AN ACT For the relief of Jeanne Rich, a minor. 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 the legal guardian of Jeanne Rich, a minor, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,274 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a United States mail truck on February 28, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts: 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. 1441 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., tees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 29, 1938 IS. 662] [Private, No. 827] Jeanne Rich. Payment to guard- ian of. Proeiao. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., lees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 844] AN ACT For the relief of H. Ward Bell. 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 H. Ward Bell, of Watertown, New York, the sum of $1,708.90, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries received on July 17, 1928, when an illegal still located in premises at Water- town, New York, which he was assisting in dismantling at the direc- tion of a Federal prohibition agent, exploded as the result of alcoholic combustion therein: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 29, 1938. 36525' -3S - -91 June 29,1938 [H. R. 3421 [Private, No. 8281 II. Ward Bell. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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