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 1352 Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. August 13,1940 [H. R. 8774] [Private, No. 635] Donald D. Elliott. Payment to widow of. 1oU.B.C. I o3. PRIVATE LAWS-OHS. 680 -682-AUG. 13, 1940 [54 STAT. SEO. 3. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act for the payment of any one claim 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 such 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 681] AN ACT For the relief of the widow of Donald D. Elliott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War shall cause to be paid, out of funds appropriated for pay of the Army current at the time of payment, to the widow of Donald D. Elliott, late a master sergeant in the United States Army, who died on April 14, 1939, such sum as would otherwise have been paid to said widow as a death gratuity under the Act of December 17, 1919 (41 Stat. 367), had the said Donald D. Elliott died while in a pay status and while holding the grade of master sergeant on the day of his death. Approved, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 682] August 13, 1940 CT [H.R.10034 For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Treasury Department, the [Private, No. 536] Department of the Interior, and the Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the esignated disburs- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- Edits alowed in troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized accountsof. and directed to allow credit in the accounts of the following-named disbursing officers, without charge against the certifying officers of Poo.very of the Department of the Interior: Provided, That this Act shall not amounts, be construed to bar recovery of the amounts herein specified from the persons to whom such amounts have been paid: uy F. Alen. (1) Guy F. Allen, chief disbursing officer, Division of Disburse- ments, Treasury Department: September 1937 accounts, in the sum of $80.19, on vouchers 461425, 461426, 461427, 461429, and 461430- March 1935 accounts, in the sum of $9.30, on voucher 1101528; April 1935 accounts, in the sum of $4, on voucher 1365855; August 1935 accounts, in the sum of $32.78, on vouchers 321442 and 316741; February 1936 accounts, in the sum of $10.44, on voucher 1087731. Roy F. Lassly. (2) Roy F. Lassly, former acting chief disbursing clerk, Depart- ment of the Interior: December 1933 accounts, in the sum of $10.30, on vouchers 9144 and 19269; November 1933 accounts, in the sum of 50 cents, on voucher 15246; January 1934 accounts, in the sum of $45.56, on vouchers 24021, 21881, and 23000; March 1934 accounts, . L. smms. m in the sum of $38.10, on voucher 32646. (3) J. L. Summers, deceased, former chief disbursing clerk, Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department: June 1934 accounts, Lt. co. E.. in the sum of $177.72, on vouchers 18923 and 19403. Mort o. (4) Lieutenant Colonel E. C Morton, Finince Department, United States Army January 1935 aconts the sm of $6.89, on voucher 12531.A Approved, August 13, 1940.

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