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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 828 -831-JUNE 29, 1938 Penalty for viola- tion. June 29, 1938 [H. R . 81991 [Private, No. 814] Mrs. Olive Fletcher Conklin. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 829] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Olive Fletcher Conklin. 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 Mrs. Olive Fletcher Conklin, of Miami, Florida, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for per- sonal injuries suffered by her as a result of a collision between the automobile in which she was a passenger and a United States Arm truck, in the city of Miami, Florida, on December 15, 1935: 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 con- trary 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 830] June 29, 1938 [H. R . 8753] [Private, No. 815] Choctaw Cotton Oil Company of AQa, Okla. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of the Choctaw Cotton Oil Company of Ada, Oklahoma. 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 the Choctaw Cotton Oil Company of Ada, Oklahoma, successors to the Farmers Cotton Oil Company of Madill, Oklahoma, the sum of $3,823.07, the balance due on cotton linters purchased by the United States Government under contract known as "Seller's Contract of Sale Numbered 3250." Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 831] June 29, 1938 [H. R. 9012] [Private. No. 8161 AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Webbe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Joseph Webbe. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Webbe, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $1,000 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for refund of the amount of a judgment on recognizance bond rendered against him as surety, on June 3, 1936, and thereafter paid, because one Van Buren Martin, the principal, failed to appear in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on the day set for sentence, although he was apprehended on June 6, 1936, with the 1436 [52 STAT.