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75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 447, 448-JULY 8, 1937 [CHAPTER 447] AN ACT For the relief of Clifford R. George and Mabel 1 D. George. 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 Clifford R. George and Mable 1 D. George, of Chunchula, Alabama, the sums of $50 and $1,000, respectively, in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government for personal injuries and prop- erty damage sustained by them on July 11, 1936, when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a Government vehicle operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps on United States Highway Numbered 45, near the crossroad at Gulfcrest, Alabama: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered 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 connection with said claim, 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, July 8, 1937. [CHAPTER 448] AN ACT For the relief of Paul J. Francis. 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, the sum of $500 to Paul J. Francis, of Graymoor, Garrison New York, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a refund of the value of a Liberty bond deposited to secure the depor- tation of an alien, Beniamino Ottorino, and forfeited October 3 1925, for noncompliance with said condition as the alien had departed and failed to notify either the Government or the surety thereof: 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, July 8, 1937. 1 So in original. 1015 July 8, 1937 [H. R. 1310] [Private, No. 201] Clifford R. and Mabel D. George. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. July 8, 1937 [H. R . 1761] [Private, No. 202] Paul J. Francik. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.