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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 246-218- -MAY ]7, 1938 [CHAPTER 246] May 17, 1938 [H. R. 7521] [Private, No. 523] Joe F. Pedlichek. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 17, 1938 [H. . 7796] [Private, No. 524] Frank Scofield. Credit in account. May 17, 1938 [H. R . 5842] [Private, No. 6251 John O. Edwards. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for vio.a- tion. [52 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Joe F. Pedlichek. 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 pav, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joe F. Pedlichek, of Boise, Idaho, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained when he was struck by a Forest Service truck, operated in connec- tion with the Civilian Conservation Corps, on September 24, 1933, while walking along the Boise-Eagle Highway, Idaho: 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 17, 1938. [CHAPTER 247] AN ACT For the relief of Frank Scofield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the account of, or to otherwise relieve Frank Scofield, collector of internal revenue, Austin, Texas, for the value of certain $3 documentary internal-revenue stamps amounting to $342, which were charged to him and which have through some unknown means disappeared from his office. Approved, May 17, 1938. [CHAPTER 248] AN ACT For the relief of John G. Edwards. 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 John G. Ed- wards, of Kittery, Maine, the sum of $250, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a loss of retirement annuity caused by his premature separation from service as a civilian employee, Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard, on July 31, 1930, due to miscalculation thereof: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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 17, 1938.