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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 84 , 85, 87-APR. 6, 1938 [CHAPTER 84] AN ACT For the relief of J. H. Yelton. 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 J. H . Yelton, Hendersonville, North Carolina, the sum of $276.55 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for services rendered as United States commissioner in the western district of North Carolina, from May 1, 1936, until October 2, 1936, for which service he has received no compensation: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT For the relief of Livvie V. Rowe. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Livvie V. Rowe, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the sum of $5,000, as a gratuity for the death of her husband, Truett E. Rowe, a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, who was killed in the line of his official duty while endeavoring to arrest a fugitive from justice near Gallup, New Mexico, on June 1, 1937: 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 con- tract 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, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 87] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Nick Gruyich. 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 estate of Nick Gruyich, of Lackawanna, Erie County, New York, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the loss of a bond in that amount to secure the appearance of an alien, one Dusan Petrovich, which bond was declared breached and forfeited by the Department of Labor, although the said alien was in fact delivered at Buffalo, New York, on June 21, 1929, in accord- 1273 April 6, 1938 [H. R. 6648] [Private, No. 433] J. H. Yelton. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 6, 1938 [H. R. 7679] [Private, No. 434] Livvie V. Rowe. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tioll. April 6, 1938 [H. R. 520] [Private, No. 435] Nick Gruyich. Payment to estate of.