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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 265, 267, 271--MAY 25, 26 , 27, 1937 and ninety-one acres, exceeding by the said one hundred and sixty- one acres the tract of land described and conveyed by said deed: 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 upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 25, 1937. [CHAPTER 267] AN ACT For the relief of Albert Wheeler. 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 Albert Wheeler, Davis City, Iowa, the sum of $403.37, such sum to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by him as the result of personal injuries received by his wife when struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on August 28, 1935, at Davis City, Iowa, from which injuries she died on September 1, 1935: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 271] AN ACT For the relief of May 1oward Blloedorn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lnited S'tates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to May Howard Bloedorn the sum of $4,500, in full settlement of her claim against the United States for the destruction of certain houses situate in lots 950 and 962, square 5869, at Anacostia, District of Columbia, by the so-called bonus marchers in 1932; said houses having been loaned, at the request of an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, District of Columbia, for the shelter of certain sick marchers, by the said May Howard Bloedorn: 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, May 27, 1937. 977 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 26, 1937 [H. R. 593] [Private, No. 118] Albert Wheeler. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 27, 1937 [1. It. 10921 IPrivate, No. 1191 May Howard Bloe- dorn. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.