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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. G -8 -JAN . 12, 13, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's , etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. of the Secretary of Agriculture: 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, January 12, 1938. [CHAPTER 7] January 12, 193 [H. R. 5989] [Private, No. 41: J. L. Myers. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for vi tion. January 13, 1938 [H. R. 4256] [Private, No. 413] iB AN ACT For the relief of J. L. Myers. 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 J. L. Myers, Texarkana, Texas-Arkansas, the sum of $113.50. Such sum shall be in full satisfaction against the United States for the actual medical and other expenses incurred by the said J. L. Myers on account of personal injuries received by him, his wife, and minor son when his automobile was in collision, near Searcy, Arkansas, on December 31, 1935, with a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: at 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 aa- 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, January 12, 1938. [CHAPTER 8] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the suit in equity of Theodore Fieldbrave against the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Theodore F ield- United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction )rave. - Jurisdiction con- is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the orurt ton edistrict Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judg- ment upon any suit in equity brought by Theodore Fieldbrave against the United States for the purpose of setting aside the default decree of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California rendered August 9, 1924, canceling the certificate of natu- ralization of such Theodore Fieldbrave. Time limitation or SEC. 2. Such suit in equity may be instituted at any time within six months after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse Proceedings. of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determina- tion of any such suit shall be had and appeals from any judgment or decree entered therein shall be taken in the same manner as in the case of suits in equity over which such court has jurisdiction under 28U. S.C.41. paragraph (1) of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, January 13, 1938. 1264' [52 STAT. II i