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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 640 -642 -JUNE 23, 1938 at $10.50 per acre: 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 641] AN ACT For the relief of John Borowski, Benjamin H. Hammack, and Eber A. Wean. 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 John Borowski, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $63.38; to Benjamin H. Hammack, Portland, Oregon, the sum of $73.62; and to Eber A. Wean, Gresham, Oregon, the sum of $76.75; in all, $213.75, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for the value of tools and personal property destroyed by fire at Camp Apiary, Houl- ton, Oregon, on August 30 1936, while such persons were employees of the Work 1 Progress Administration: 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 642] AN ACT For the relief of Raymond Pledger and Thomas P. Giacomini, Junior. 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 credit the account of Raymond Pledger, Rural Rehabilitation supervisor for the Farm Security Administration at Yell County, Arkansas, with the sum of $150, representing public funds for which he is accountable and which were accidentally destroyed by fire on the 27th day of November 1936 in said county supervisor's office in Yell County, Arkansas. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Thomas P. Giacomini, Junior, an employee of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the sum of $35.85 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the value of certain drafting instruments used by him on official work and destroyed by fire in the building occupied by the project offices of the Resettlement Administration, now the Farm Security Administra- tion, at Winslow, Arkansas, on April 9, 1935. So in original. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 9674] [Private, No. 707] John Borowski and others. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H. R . 9825] [Private, No. 708] Raymond Pledger. Credit n accounts. Thomas P. Oia- comini, Jr. Payment to.