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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 138 , 139, 149-APR . 11 , 13, 1938 1291 services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person Penalty for viola- violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- ti o " demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 139] AN ACT For the relief of Clifford Belcher. 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 Clifford Belcher, Dunsmuir, California, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on United States Highway Numbered 99, near Hazel Creek, California, on January 9, 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 this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 11, 1938. April 11, 1938 [H. R. 4229) [Private, No. 477] Clifford Belcher. Payment to. Provlso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 149] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. J . H. McClary. 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 Mrs. J. H. McClary, of Russellville, Kentucky, the sum of $5,000 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the death of her husband, J. H. McClary, who was killed November 1, 1935, when the truck he was driving was struck by an automobile of the United States Army, operated by an enlisted man thereof, on United States Highway Numbered 31-W, near Glasgow Junction, Kentucky: 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, April 13, 1938. April 13, 138 [8. 2831 [Private, No. 4781 BMr. J . H. McClary. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc. , fees. Penalty for viola- tion.