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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 654-656-AUG. 9, 1940 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 notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 655] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Spears. 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 Frank Spears, of Pulaski County, Arkansas, the sum of $4,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for perma- nent personal injury sustained on February 21, 1928, from the explo- sion of a high-explosive shell in the immediate vicinity of Camp Pike Reservation, Arkansas: 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, August 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 656] ANT AtT 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 $289.87 to Matteo Giacalone, captain; the sum of $70 to Bonao Matteo, member of the crew; the sum of $217 to Anthony Busalacki, member of the crew and the sum of $462 to Andrew Asaro member of the crew of the fishing boat Unione Numbered 1, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Captain Matteo Giacalone, Bonao Matteo, Anthony Busalacki and Andrew Asaro, on account of personal injuries, loss of work, and loss of earnings resulting from a collision on March 1, 1937, between the fishing boat Unione Numbered 1 and a Navy airplane piloted by a naval officer: 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, August 9, 1940. August 9, 1940 [H. R. 3992] [Private, No. 514] Frank Spears. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. 1343 Penalty. ., z, -' August 9, 1940 For the relief of the captain and crew of the fishing boat Unione Numbered 1. [H. R. 5254] [Private, No. 5151 Matteo Olacalone and others. Payments to. To"jfo. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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