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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 654 , 655-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 654] June 25, 1938 [S. 3062] [Private, No. 713] Thomas H. Eck- feldt. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Thomas H. Eckfeldt. 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 Thomas H. Eckfeldt, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the sum of $3,684.85 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages resulting from injuries sustained by him when the automobile in which he was riding as a passenger collided with a National Park Service truck, operated by Philip W. Mathieu, an enrollee in the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Princeton Road, in Westminister 1, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1936: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with such claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with such claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 655] June 25, 138 [8. 340] [Private, No. 714] Leonard Oraboski. Payment to. Provio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Leonard Graboski. 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 Leonard Graboski the sum of $925.35, in full satisfaction and dis- charge of an unpaid judgment and costs for $925.35, entered on 6059 Law Docket in the District Court of the United States in and for the District of Maryland in the case of Leonard Graboski against James W. Rogers, against James W. Rogers for and on account of an assault alleged to have been committed upon the body and person of the said Leonard Graboski in 1 May 8, 1936, by the said James W. Rogers, an investigator of the Alcohol Tax Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Treasury Department of the United States, when he, the said James W. Rogers, arrested the said Leonard Graboski for an offense against the internal-revenue laws of the United States, which he the said James W. Rogers, had probable cause to believe the said Leonard Graboski was then and there com- mitting: 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, June 25, 1938. So in original 1394 [52 STAT.