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75.TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 39, 42 -MAARCH 11, 15, 1937 [CHAPTER 39] AN ACT For the relief of Fields B. Arthur and Arthur L. Allen, copartners, Colorado Culvert and Flume Company; Glen Haller, Kenneth Austin, A. B. Hoffman, J. W. Jones, and Lloyd Lasswell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to settle and adjust the following claims of creditors who furnished services or supplies to E. M . Harris and Sons, Sugar City, Colorado, under their contract, Als-3951, dated July 18, 1929, for the construc- tion of the Blue Lake Road, extension numbered 584, within the San Isabel National Forest, Huerfano County, Colorado, and who were prevented from bringing a timely suit under the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1894, as amended (33 Stat. 811), against the surety of said E. M. Harris and Sons, after their default in the performance of said contract, by the Government's failure to notify them of the final settlement date of said contract: (1) Fields B. Arthur and Arthur L. Allen, copartners, doing busi- ness as Arthur and Allen, in a sum not exceeding $1,004.67; (2) Colorado Culvert and Flume Company, in a sum not exceed- ing $596.51; (3) Glen Haller, in a sum not exceeding $247.60; (4) Kenneth Austin, in a sum not exceeding $110; (5) A. B . Hoffman, in a sum not exceeding $66.35; (6) J. W. Jones, in a sum not exceeding $43; and (7) Lloyd Lasswell, in a sum not exceeding $22. SEC. 2 . There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,090.13, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay said claims. SEC. 3 . 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 42] AN ACT For the relief of Edna M. Callahan and Anna Scott. 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 Edna M. Callahan the sum of $3,500 and to Anna Scott the sum of $1,500. Such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of injuries sustained by the said Edna M. Callahan and Anna Scott on or about the 10th day of October 1932 while aboard a boat provided by the Navy Department of the United States plying between the Fifth Street Landing at San Pedro, California, and the United States ship Relief, lying in the harbor of San Pedro, at San Pedro, California: 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 March 15, 1937 (II. R . (ol] [Private, No. 9] Edna M. Callahan and Anna Scott. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. March 11, 1937 [H. R. 1120] [Private, No. 8] Arthur and Allen, and others. Adjustment of claims authorized. 33 Stat. 811 . Appropriation. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.