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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 772-774-OCT. 8, 1940 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 8, 1940 [H. R. 5776] [Private, No. 579] him to repay from his personal funds, and which sum he did then and there deduct from his personal funds and apply to the funds of the Post Office Department, all in violation of Postal Laws and Regula- tions, and for which he should not have been held to have been respon- sible as postal authorities have exonerated said John J. Murphy, following official investigation, of having been a party to, or responsi- ble for, said robbery: 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, October 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 773] AN ACT For the relief of Albert DePonti. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the PAbert entio. 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 Albert DePonti, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained from a bullet which was fired by a soldier of the United States Army from a rifle employed in target practice on the United tiononttor. States rifle range at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, May 22, 1937: Pro- ney', etc., fees. vided, 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 Penalty, 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, October 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 774] October 8, 1940 [H.R. 863] [Private, No. 580] Francisca F. Rivera. Payment to. Proio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of James A. Rivera. 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 Fran- cisca F. Rivera, mother of James A. Rivera, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States resulting from the death of her son, the said James A. Rivera, who was struck and killed by an Army truck of the United States at Fort Jay, New York, on the 17th day of September 1936: 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, October 8, 1940. [54 STAT.

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