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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 590-592, 605 -JUNE 22, 23 , 1938 power shovels equipped with Diesel engines, on account of delays incurred in exchanging said engines: 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 notwith- standing. 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. 1375 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 591] AN ACT For the relief of Richard K. Gould. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and allow the claim of Richard K. Gould for compensation for services rendered as United States commissioner in the district of Maine, from January 1, 1935, to August 31, 1936, notwithstanding the fact that accounts therefor were not submitted by the commissioner within one year after the rendition of such services in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1933 (47 Stat. 1385). Approved, June 22, 1938. June 22, 1938 [S. 3446] [Private, No. 669] Richard K. Gould. Settlement of claim. 47 Stat. 1383 . 28 U.S.C. 599a. [CHAPTER 592] AN ACT For the relief of Benjamin H. Faith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the pension laws or any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon persons honorably discharged from the United States Army Benjamin H. Faith shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged on July 7, 1919, as a private, Battery C, Fifteenth Regiment Field Artillery, United States Army; but no pension, pay, bounty, or other benefit, except the benefits of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended and supple- mented, shall be held to accrue by reason of this Act prior to its passage. Approved, June 22, 1938. June 22, 1938 [S. 3490] [Private, No. 670] Benjamin H. Faith. Military record cor- rected. No back pension, etc. 43 Stat. 121. 3: .i. (..i591; Sllpp. 111, cl. 11. [ChTAPTER 605] AN ACT For the relief of A. C. Williams. 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 A. C . W1illiams, of Sentinel, Oklahoma, the sum of $2,962.63 in full settlement of any and all claims against the Government on account of personal injuries and property damage sustained by him in an automobile collision with a truck owned by the United States Gov- ernment and driven by an employee of the Works Progress Adminis- June 23. 1038 [S. 1043] [Private, No. 671] A. C . Williams. Payment to.