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75TI CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 850-852-AUGUST 26, 1937 to Jerome H. Howard, of Harrisburg, Illinois, the sum of $859.86 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage to his truck as a result of a collision with an Army truck on United States Highway Numbered 50, near Glenview, Illinois, on November 18, 1935: 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, August 26, 1937. 1093 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 83] AN ACT For the relief of Bertha L. Frank. 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 Bertha L. Frank, sister of Edward P. Frank, deceased, of the city of New York, the sum of $234.50, in full settlement of her claim for funeral expenses, and all claims against the United States for the death of said Edward P. Frank, which was caused by the deceased being struck down by an automobile truck belonging to the Post Office Department, on the 18th day of March 1920, at the intersection of Lafayette and Franklin Streets, in the Borough of Manhattan, city of New York: 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 ren- dered 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, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 852] AN ACT For the relief of John Stevens and the estate of Fred Hausauer, Junior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury 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 John Stevens, of Missoula County, Montana, the sum of $2,500, and to the administrator of the estate of Fred Hausauer, Junior, deceased, formerly of Missoula County, Montana, the sum of $4,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by the said John Stevens and for the death of said Fred Hausauer, Junior, when they were struck by a Forest Service truck operated by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Missoula, Montana, on July 7, 1933: 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 August 26, 1937 [H. R . 2455] [Private, No. 381] Bertha L. Frank. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 26, 1937 [H. R. 2641] [Private, No. 382] John Stevens. Payment to. Fred Hausauer, Jr. Payment to estate. Provso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees.