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75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 449-451-JULY 8, 1937 [CHAPTER 449] July 8, 1937 [H. R . 2482] [Private, No. 203] Lonnie 0. Ledford. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Lonnie O. Ledford. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Lonnie O. Ledford, of Dalton, Georgia, the sum of $750 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained in the collision between automobile in which he was riding and a truck of the Civilian Conservation Corps, near Ranger, North Carolina, on the 18th day of January 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 8, 1937. [CHAPTER 450] July 8, 1937 [H. R. 3002] [Private, No. 2041 Timothy Joseph McCarthy. Naval record cor- rected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. AN ACT For the relief of Timothy Joseph McCarthy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Timothy Joseph McCarthy, late of the United States Navy, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged under honorable con- ditions from the naval service on February 13, 1919: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, July 8, 1937. [CHAPTER 451] July 8, 1037 [II. R . 3076] [Private, No. 205] E. P . Lewis. Payment to. Proriso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. AN ACT For the relief of E. P. Lewis. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to E. P . Lewis, Anniston, Alabama, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said E. P . Lewis and for property damage to his automobile, which was struck, November 16, 1935, while the said E. P. Lewis was operating the said automobile, by a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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.