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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 812-814-OCT. 9, 1940 improvement and construction: 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 any 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 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 813] AN ACT For the relief of the Wallie Motor Company. 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 Wallie Motor Company, Ashland, Wisconsin, the sum of $1,352.09. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement'of all claims against the United States by such company arising out of the furnishing of certain motor vehicles and automobile supplies to the Works Progress Administration, Ashland County, Wisconsin, for use in connection with official project numbered 65-53-25 during the period from September 3, 1936, to March 31, 1937. Such vehicles and supplies were furnished on the requisition of the conservation engineer, Works Progress Admin- istration District Numbered 7, but payment has been denied on the grounds that such requisitions were issued without proper procedure or authority: 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, October 9, 1940. 1377 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 64571 [Private, No. 697] Wallie Motor Com- pany. Payment to. Proso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 814] AN ACT For the relief of F. W. Heaton Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to F. W. Heaton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the sum of $1,834.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, on account of the loss of an eye and other permanent physical disabilities result- ing from injuries received on July 29, 1938, while working at the Mescalero Indian Agency, New Mexico, and while in private employ on Government property: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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, October 9, 1940. October 9, 194o [H. R. 66121 [Private, No. 66] F. W. Heaton. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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