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7.5TI CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION--CHS. 67, 68 , 70-APRIL 3, 6 , 1937 Slemons, Bullsgap, Tennessee, $18.40; to Paul Traglio, Salem, Ore- gon, $100; to Bert Tucker, Stamping Ground, Kentucky, $148; and to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, Richmond, Virginia, $18.86, in full settlement for damages sustained by reason of the operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which claims have been approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum there- of 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 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, April 3, 1937. [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT For the relief of E. C . Willis, father of the late Charles R. Willis, 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to E. C. Willis, father of the late Charles R. Willis, a minor, the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for fatal injuries suffered by the said Charles R. Willis as a result of a Government-owned truck operated by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps striking an automobile operated by the said Charles R. Willis near Sikes, Louisiana, Novem- ber 18, 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 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 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, April 3, 1937. [CHAPTER 70] AN ACT For the relief of the Baker-Whiteley Coal Company. 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 extend to the Baker-Whiteley Coal Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, the provisions and benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide relief to Government contractors whose costs of performance were increased as a result of compliance with the Act approved June 933 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 3, 1937 [H. R . 36301 [Private, No. 22] E. C . Willis. Payment to. Proriso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 6, 1937 [H. R. 1088] [Private, No. 23] Baker-Whiteley Coal Company. Adjustment of claim authorized. 48 Stat. 974. 41 U.S.C . §28.