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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 207, 208, 216-MAY 13, 1938 attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, May 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 208] AN ACT For the relief of Newark Concrete Pipe Company. 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 the Newark Concrete Pipe Company, Newark, New Jersey, the sum of $1,825.41, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for damage to property owned by it at Wharton, New Jersey, on July 10, 1926, as a result of explosions at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey: 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, May 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 216] AN ACT For the relief of J. F. Stinson. 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, the sum of $500 to J. F. Stinson, of Milledgeville, Georgia, in full settle- ment of his claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered by him on December 17, 1936, when he was struck by a truck of the Civilian Conservation Corps while standing on the edge of a road near Hardwick, Georgia: 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, May 13, 1938. 1305 Penalty for viola- tion. May 13, 1938 [H. R. 7675] [Private, No. 507] Newark Concrete Pipe Company. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 13, 1938 [H. R . 4340] [Private, No. 508] J. F . Stinson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.