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75TH CONGRESS, 18T SESSION-CHS. 334, 339, 340-JUNE 11, 14 , 1937 [CHAPTER 3341 June 11, 1937 [H. R. 3841] [Private, No. 148] Col. J. P . Barney, Army. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Colonel J. P. Barney. 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, to Colonel J. P. Barney, United States Army, the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government for loss of his personal effects while on duty with the Eighth Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, on June 14, 1931: 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 339] June 14, 1937 [S. 673] [Private, No. 149] S. T . Dickinson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 14, 1937 [S. 1081] [Private, No. 150] H. G. Carriere and others. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of S. T . Dickinson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to pay, from the employees' compensation fund, to S. T . Dickinson, of Richmond, Virginia, the sum of $312.30, said sum to be in full settlement of any and all claims against the Government for medical care, hospitalization, and incidental expenses incurred as a result of injuries received on June 3, 1931, while in the per- formance of his official duties as an employee of the Naval Supply Depot, Brooklyn, New York: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated m 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 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 340] AN ACT For the relief of H. G . Carriere, Charles E. Livingston, and John Latham. 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 $75 to H. G. Carriere, the sum of $40 to Charles E. Livings- ton, and the sum of $125 to John Latham, all of Camp Crook, South 990