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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 597-599--JULY 11, 1940 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. July 11, 1940 [. 3111] [Private, No. 479] ThomasL. Gardner. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. Jtlly I, 1940 IS. 32]0 - - _1f T'rivate, No. 4801 Ina May Everett. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. sation for installing tile floor and wainscoting in the generator room of the powerhouse at Bonneville Dam, under contract numbered W-649-eng-583, dated February 2, 1939: 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, July 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 5981 AN ACT For the relief of Thomas L. Gardner. 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 Thomas L. Gardner, of Belton, Montana, the sum of $75, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement for the loss of a horse hired by the National Park Service for use in connection with emer- gency conservation work in Glacier National Park during the sum- mer of 1935: 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 an 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, July 11, 1940. [CIAPTER 599] AN ACT For the relief of Ina May Everett. 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 Ina May Everett, widow of Leslie Everett, deceased, formerly State highway foreman for Hickman County, Kentucky, the sum of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, the said Leslie Everett, who died September 11, 1938, as a result of injuries sustained on August 26, 1938, when the truck in which he was riding was struck by a truck operated by an employee of the Works Progress Administration on Highway Num- bered 58 one and one-half miles east of Clinton, Kentucky: 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 con- trary 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, July 11, 1940. 1326 [54 STAT.

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