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Penalty for viola- tion. March 27, 1937 [H. R . 3067] [Private, No. 15] John Edgar White. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. March 27, 1937 (H. R . 3201] [Private, No. 16] Bertha M. Harris. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 55-57-MARCH 27, 1937 centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered 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, March 27, 1937. [CHAPTER 56] AN ACT For the relief of John Edgar White, a minor. 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 $1,000 to Thomas B. White, father, as natural guardian for John Edgar White, minor, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries to said minor's left leg by burning and for medical charges incurred as a result of said injuries occasioned by the said minor stepping into soft dirt which covered a steam line in process of repair in the vicinity of ward 21 in the Walter Reed Hospital grounds, Washington, District of Columbia: 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, March 27, 1937. [CHAPTER 57] AN ACT For the relief of Bertha M. Harris. 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 ay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Bertha M. Harris in full settlement of all claims against the Gov- ernment of the United States, the sum of $431.98 representing salary earned by Bertha M. Harris who acted as postmistress at Windfall, Indiana, from September 14 to December 30, 1932, both dates inclu- sive: 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, March 27, 1937.