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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 146-148-APR. 22, 1940 Protvo. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. Progress Administration of Connecticut during the period from December 5, 1935, to February 4, 1936, in connection with official project numbered 65-15-296: 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 per- son 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, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 147] April 22, 1940 [H. R. 5812] [Private, No. 320] Marguerite P. Car- mack. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. ril 22, 1940 [ R. 5928] [Private, No. 321] Ella Ragotski. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Marguerite P. Carmack. 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 Mar- guerite P. Carmack, of Forest Hill, California, the sum of $364.23, m full settlement of all claims against the United States for repay- ment of purchase money paid in connection with mineral entry patent to Pacific Blue Lead, Outbreak, and Snow Shoe Mining District, Placer County, California: 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 per- son 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, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 148] AN ACT For the relief of Ella Ragotski. Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse 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 $3,500 to Ella Ragotski, Saint Louis, Missour, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damages for injuries sustained by her, and for medical treatment and hospitalization inci- dent thereto, when she was struck, on the 27th day of March 1936, in the cit of Saint Louis, Missouri, by an automobile operated by Mil- ton W Rischert who.was then officially engaged in the discharge of his duties as a special-delivery messenger of the Post Office Depart- ment: 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 Approved, pril 194000. Approved, April 22, 1940. 1264 [54 STAT.

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