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75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION--CHS. 37, 38-MARCH 10, 11 , 1937 Major Frank E. SEC. 8. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Credit allowed in he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of accounts o'. Major Frank E. Parker, Finance Department, the sum of $4,449.80, public money for which he is accountable and which has been dis- allowed in his accounts by the Comptroller General of the United States on account of payments made to emergency nurses on duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps during the period November 1933 to August 31, 1935, in compliance with the Executive order of the President dated May 8, 1933. Captain Alexander SEC. 9. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and H. Perwein. Credit allowed in he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of accountsof. First Lieutenant (now Captain) Alexander H. Perwein, Finance Department, the sum of $2,038, public money for which he is account- able and which was paid in error to Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees on properly certified vouchers for the month of September 1933, and which amount has been disallowed in his accounts by the Proviso8. Comptroller General: Provided, That no part of the amount so Acountability, credited shall be charged to any person other than the various payees: Captain C. McL. Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Lott, paymentto. hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain C. McL. Lott, United States Marine Corps, so much of said sum as shall have been collected from him prior to the approval of this Act. Limitation on at- SEC. 10. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess torney's, etc., fees. f 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in con- nection with these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- Penalty for viola- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- tion. visions 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, March 10, 1937. [CHAPTER 38] AN ACT March 11, 1937 [H. R.911] For the relief of Lewis Clark and Freda Mason. [Private, No. 7] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lewis Clark and United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Freda Mason. Payment to. of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of an money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lewis Clark and Freda Mason, of Bayard, West Virginia, the sums of $89 and $65, respectively; in all, $154, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for the destruction of a safe and for the use of a bloodhound in the apprehension of suspects, resulting from the burglary of the post office at Bayard, West Virginia, on January Liitation on at- 25, 1929: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this torney's, 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 Penalty for viola- 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, March 11, 1937.