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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 326, 328, 329-JUNE 11, 1937 States on account of the loss of his right arm, resulting from having his said right forearm torn from the elbow on October 7, 1929, while operating an extractor in the laundry and in line of duty while serving as an inmate of the United States Penitentiary Annex at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: 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, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 328] AN ACT For the relief of W. B . Greeley. 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 W. B . Greeley, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $908.50, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages for personal injuries sustained by him on February 1, 1935, near the Fourth Avenue Bridge, Olympia, Washington, when he was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps motor truck driven by Owen E. Cole, an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Matlock, Washington: 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, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 329] AN ACT For the relief of Jordan Roberts. 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 is 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 Jordan Roberts, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, the sum of $300 in full satisfaction of his claim for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by him when the truck upon which he was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, driven by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on Highway Numbered 26, near Murfreesboro, 987 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 11, 1937 (S. 556] [Private, No. 142] W. B . Greeley. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 11, 1937 [S. 1471] [Private, No. 143] Jordan Roberts. Payment to.