PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 540-542 -JUNE 20, 1938 June 20, 1938 [S. 2072] [Private, No. 632] Stuart C. Peterson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 20, 1938 [S. 2876] [Private, No. 633] tA ti [CHAPTER 540] AN ACT For the relief of Stuart C. Peterson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Stuart C. Peterson, of Kalona, Iowa, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for injury to his right hand and index finger caused by the dropping of a heavy stamp window on it, at the United States post office, Boone, Iowa, October 31, 1936: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum therof 1 shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services ren- dered 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 541] AN ACT For the relief of Mark H. Doty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payrkent ty. 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 not otherwise appropriated, to Mark H. Doty, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, the sum of $979.90 in full settlement of all his claims against the United States for personal injuries received by him when the automobile he was driving was struck, on January 9, 1937, on United States Highway Numbered 21, at a point about one mile south of Winnsboro, South Carolina, by a Civilian Conser- LP tion on at- vation Corps truck: Provided, That no part of the amount appropIi- Limiitaion on at- o T t, amount rney's, etc., fees. ated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with such claims. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with such claims, any contract to the Penalty for viola- contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of on. this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 20, 1938. June 20, 1938 [S. 2948] [Private, No. 634] A. J. Moses. Payment to, in own right and as guardian of minor daughter. [CHAPTER 542] AN ACT For the relief of A. J . Moses and Gladys Moses, a minor. 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 'So in original. 1360 [52 STAT.
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