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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 505 , 507-JULY 16, 17, 1937 [CHAPTER 505] AN ACT For the relief of H. G. Harmon. [CHAPTER 507] July 17, 1937 [S. 630] [Private, No. 242] Sheehy Drilling Company. Payment to. Prosio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of the Sheehy Drilling Company. 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 to the Sheehy Drilling Company, of Casper, Wyoming, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $660, said sum to be in full settlement of any and all claims against the Government for the balance due said Sheehy Drilling Company for completing performance of Department of the Interior (United States Geological Survey) contract No. 1 -ga-2423, dated October 5, 1933, for plugging and abandonment of the Zola Oil Company well numbered 1, located on the southeast northwest section 25, township 27 north, range 93 west sixth principal meridian, Crook's Creek Area, in Fremont County, Wyoming, on canceled oil and gas prospecting permit, Cheyenne 029569: 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 17, 1937. July 16, 1937 [S. 885] [Private, No. 241] n ti 1034 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the H.G. Harmon. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. 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 H. G. Harmon, of Hampton Iowa, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the Government for damages arising out of personal injuries to his wife and son and the destruction of his auto- mobile, suffered when such automobile was struck and completely demolished by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on September 10, 1935, near Hampton, Iowa, and for expenses and losses resulting there- pLirtionnator- from: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Limitation on attor- · ey's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for viola- to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 16, 1937.