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 1396 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. November 25, 1940 [H. R. 9589] [Private, No. 646] Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston. Pension granted to. November 29, 1940 [HI. R 4561] ['rivate, No. 647] Mrs. George C. Hamilton. P'ayment to. Nanette Anderson. I'ayiieut to guard- ian. ProrisO. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 913, 918, 925- mbe 2-, 140 [54 STAT. November 25, 29, 1940 Charles S. Ladinsky and Moe Kanner, both of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States growing out of loss sustained by the said Charles S. Ladinsky and Moe Kanner on account of the forfeiture to the United States of a bail bond con- ditioned upon the appearance in court of one John A. Rosenfeld: 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 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 918] AN ACT Granting a pension to Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of Veterans' Affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, the name of Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, former widow of Grover Cleveland, late a Presi- dent of the United States, and pay her a pension at the rate of $5,000 per year. Approved, November 25, 1940. [CHAPTER 925] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. George C. Hamilton and Nanette Anderson. 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 Mrs. George C. Hamilton of McComb, Mississippi, the sum of $250, and to the legal guardian of Nanette Anderson, a minor, of McComb, Mississippi, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by them on May 28, 1938, when the car in which they were riding collided with a Government truck owned by the National Park Service and driven by one Emmett Deer, an employee of the Percy Quin State Park, said collision being entirely the fault of the driver of the Govern- ment truck: 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 ren- dered 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, November 29, 1940.

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