52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 130, 131, 136-APR . 8, 9, 1938 twenty-nine and twenty-seven one-hundredths acres of land at $4 per acre, located in Putnam County, Georgia, which she conveyed by deed to the Government, represented by the Resettlement Administration, said deed describing the land as five hundred and fifty-seven acres more or less, on the basis of which she was paid, but upon survey by the General Land Office the tract was found to contain five hundred and eighty-six and twenty-seven one-hundredths acres, exceeding by the said twenty-nine and twenty-seven one-hundredths 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 notwith- standing. 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, April 8, 1938. [CHAPTER 131] AN ACT For the relief of the Complete Machinery and Equipment Company, Incorporated, and others. 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 the Complete Machinery and Equipment Company, Incorporated, of Long Island City, New York, the sum of $108.35; to H. O. Penn Machinery Company, Incorporated, of New York City, the sum of $217; to Sylvan Greenbaum, Incorporated, of Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $384.60; to Edward Ehrbar, Incorporated, of Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $369.02; and to Mahoney-Clarke, Incorporated, of New York City, the sum of $1,560.07; in all, $2,639.04, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for damages to pumps or loss of pump parts, which pumps were rented to the Works Progress Administration and used constantly for the protection of life and property during the flood that covered the area of Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, in March and April 1936: 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 these claims, 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, April 8, 1938. [CHAPTER 136] AN ACT For the relief of John Fitzgerald and J. R. Harper. April 9, 1938 [H. R . 3253] Private, No. 474] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- John Fitgeraldand tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of Payment to. any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the mainte- nance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to John Fitzgerald, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, the sum of $2,000, and to J. R. 1289 Prov'so . Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola. tion. ril 8, 1938 IR. R. 7676] [Private, No. 473] Complete Machin- ery and Equipment Company, Inc., and others. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.
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