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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 179, 181 , 182 -APR. 27, 28, 1938 the United States mails: Provided, That suit hereunder shall be instituted within one year after the approval of this Act: Provided further, That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed the sum of $15,000. Approved, April 27, 1938. [CHAPTER 181] AN ACT For the relief of George Shade and Vava Shade. 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 George Shade and Vava Shade, of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, the sums of $500 and $3,000, respectively, in all $3,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States Government for injuries sustained by them on February 13, 1934, when an automobile in which they were riding collided with an Emergency Conservation Work truck, operated by the Civilian Construction 1 Corps, on the public highway, about 5 miles southeast of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa: 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 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 182] AMN ACT 1301 Provisos. Commencement of suit. Limitation on judg- ment. April 28, 1938 [H. R. 5338] [Private, No. 498] George Shade and Vava Shade. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 28, 1938 For the relief of Nathaniel M. Harvey, as administrator of the estate of Josephine [H . .5793] Fontana, deceased. [Private, No. 499] 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 Nathaniel M. Har- vey, as administrator of the estate of Josephine Fontana, late of West Springfield, Massachusetts, the sum of $600, in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Josephine Fontana against the United States arising from personal injuries sustained by her when she was struck by an Emergency Conservation Work truck, operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, at West Springfield, Massa- chusetts, on April 24, 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 contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 28, 1938. So in original. Josephine Fontana. Payment to estate of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.