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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 571-573-JUNE 22, 1938 [CHAPTER 571] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Syth. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Syth, of Malta, Montana, the sum of $300 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for payment for a well located on land (tract numbered 62, Milk River, Montana, land project) which they sold to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, now represented by the Resettlement Administra- tion, such well being included in the original appraisal report but not in the purchase price stated in the option on such land which was accepted by the Government December 31, 1934, and subse- quently exercised: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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, June 22, 1938. June 22, 1938 [S. 2532] [Private, No. 653] Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Syth. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 572] AN ACT For the relief of George W. Breckenridge. 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 not otherwise appropriated, to George W. Brecken- ridge, of Grass Range, Montana, the sum of $390.44, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for mileage allowance while an employee of the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, for travel authorized by means of his privately owned automobile from August to November 1936, inclusive, such claim for mileage having been disallowed by the General Accounting Office as a result of the travel having been performed in an automobile registered in the name of his wife, B. E. Breckenridge: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 22, 1938. June 22, 1938 [S. 3079] [Private, No. 654] George W. Brecken- ridge. Payment to. 'roviso. I.lnitati l on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 573] AN ACT For the relief of Christ Rieber. 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 1369 June 22, 1938 [S. 3534] [Private, No. 655] Christ Rieber. Payment to.