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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 386 -388--JUNE 15, 1940 Penalty. Cancelation of cer- tain claims. amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cancel any claim which William Davis may have under section 21 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat. 1235; U. S. C., title 31, sec. 725t), on account of two United States Treasury checks payable to William Davis, one for $42.90 dated August 26, 1933, and numbered 307502, and the other for $74.37 dated September 9,1933, and numbered 313059. Approved, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 387] June 15, 1940 [S. 3338] [Private, No. 384] Alice C. Wain- wright. Payment to. June 15, 1940 [H. R. 8429] [Private, No. 386] Ma]. L. P. Worrall. Credit in accounts of. Proisos. Payment to King and Boozer. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Alice C. Waiwright. 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 Alice C. Wainwright, widow of John T. Wainwright, late American vice consul at Matanzas, Cuba, the sum of $2,750, such sum repre- senting one year's salary of her deceased husband who died while in the Foreign Service. Approved, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 388] AN ACT For the relief of Major L. P. Worrall, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- ler General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Major L. P. Worrall, Finance Department, United States Army, the sum of $3,066.03, public funds for which he is accountable, which sum was paid by him to King and Boozer, Anniston, Alabama, pursuant to change order "B" dated August 23, 1938, modifying contract numbered W-58-QM-dIV-59, dated June 29, 1938, and which sum has been disallowed by the Comp- troller General of the United States: Provided, 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 said King and Boozer a sum equal to any amount withheld or deducted from any amounts otherwise due to the said King and Boozer on account of the payment which is herein validated, upon presentation of a claim therefor to the Comptroller General of the United States, who is authorized and directed to certify same to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment: 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, June 15, 1940. 1288 [54 STAT.

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