PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 696-698-AUG. 27, 1940 0. F. Allen. Credit in accounts of. Refund to Wade Crawford. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc. , fees. Penalty. August 27, 1940 [8.33541 [Private, No. 540] Nannie E. Teal. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at. torney's, etc., fes. Penalty. Agency, Klamath Agency, Oregon, and in the accounts of G. F. Allen, Chief Disbursing Officer, for payments made on voucher 20-19776, April 1936; and voucher 20-43306, April 1937. SEc. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to refund to Wade Crawford the sum of $354.68, said refund to be made from the appropriations credited with such sum as a result of the application of moneys held to the credit of said Wade Crawford in the retirement fund to satisfy disallowances made by the General Accounting Office: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 27, 1940. [CHAPTER 6971 AN ACT For the relief of Nannie E. Teal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves 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, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $3,000 to Nannie E. Teal, of Hopeville, Georgia, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received as the result of a fall on a Works Progress Adminis- tration project at Brookhaven, Georgia, on January 8,1939: 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, August 27, 1940. [CHAPTER 698] August 27, 140 [S. 3400] [Private, No 541] Capt. Robert W. Evans. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Captain Robert W. Evans. 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, the sum of $77 to Captain Robert W. Evans, commanding Headquarters Com- pany 878, Civilian Conservation Corps, Work Camp SCS-37-T, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the refund of amount paid by him to make good a shortage resulting from rob- bery of safe in said camp on the night of June 30, 1939: 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 1354 [54 STAT.
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