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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION--CHS. 192, 199, 200-MAY 14, 15, 1937 [CHAPTER 192] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize Captain Harry G. Hamlet, Captain Edward D. Jones, Lieutenant Commander Louis W. Perkins, Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Kenner, Lieutenant Dwight H. Dexter, and Chief Boatswain Thomas A. Ross, United States Coast Guard, to accept certain foreign decorations and diplomas. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Captain Harry G. Hamlet, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of Commendatore della Corona d'Italia; that Lieutenant Commander Louis W. Perkins, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of Cav- aliere della Corona d'Italia; that Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Kenner, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of Cavaliere Ufficiale della Corona d'Italia; that Lieutenant Dwight H. Dexter, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of Cavaliere Ufficiale della Corona d'Italia; that Chief Boatswain Thomas A. Ross, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of Cavaliere della Corona d'Italia; such decorations and diplomas having been conferred upon these officers by the Govern- ment of Italy; and that the Department of State be permitted to deliver such decorations and diplomas to these officers. SEC. 2. That Captain Edward D. Jones, United States Coast Guard, be authorized to accept the diploma and the Cross of Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II, which have been conferred upon this officer by the Government of Belgium; and that the Department of State be permitted to deliver such decoration and diploma to this officer. Approved, May 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 199] AN ACT For the relief of Harry D. McIntosh. 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 to Harry D. McIntosh, of Mount Clemens, Michigan, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $84, in full settlement of any and all claims against the Government for medical expenses incurred as a result of personal injuries suffered by his son, Douglas McIntosl, when he was struck by an Army school bus at Mount Clemens, Michigan, on December 5, 1935: Pro- vided, 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, May 15, 1937. 959 May 14, 1937 [H. J. Res. 185] [Priv. Res., No. 1] Foreign decorations, etc. Designated officers may accept, from Italy. Delivery by De- partment of State. Captain Edward D. Jones may accept, from Belgium. Delivery. May 15, 1937 IS. 118] [Private, No. 80] Harry D. McIn- tosh. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 200] AN ACT AN ACT May 15, 1937 For the relief of George W. Hanna and Bertha M. Hanna [S. 315] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary George W. and Ber- tha M, Hana. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, Payment to. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to