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1082 Proriso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 805 -807-AUGUST 25, 1937 $2,573; Radio Electrician Mack C. Veltman, United States Navy, $42.75; Harry Marion Mayfield, Chief Pharmacist's Mate, United States Navy, $850; Captain Charles L. Fike, United States Marine Corps, $528.60; in all, $3,144.35: 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 these claims, 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. Approved, August 25, 1937. [CHAPTER 806] n ti August 25, 1937 [H. R. 4875] [Private, No. 356] AN ACT For the relief of Paul H. Norboe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the payl . Noroe. 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 Paul H. Norboe, of San Rafael, California, the sum of $2,500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for an award to him by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as 15 per centum of the amount recovered from the forfeiture of bail bonds in the case of the United States of America versus Mon Kee Lee, Lim Bok Young, Liu Sang, and Liung Sui Chun in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, for original information furnished by him on November 9, 1934, to customs officers concerning a violation of the customs laws which resulted in the seizure of two pounds of morphine Prviso. and the conviction of the above-named defendants: Provided, That Limitation on attor- ey's, etc.,tees. 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for viola- 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, August 25, 1937. August 25, 1037 [H. R . 4936] [Private, No. 357] Charlotte Sweeney and others. Payment to. [CHAPTER 807] AN ACT For the relief of Charlotte Sweeney, a minor, Howard Sweeney, a minor, William Hintz, and Martha Hintz. 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 legal guardian of Charlotte Sweeney, a minor, of Baltimore, Mary- land, the sum of $750; to the legal guardian of Howard Sweeney, a minor, of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $750; to William Hintz, of Baltimore, Maryland, the sum of $1,675; and to Martha Hintz, of