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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 767-769-OCT. 8, 1940 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 8, 1940 [H. R. 2286] [Private, No. 574] Wasyl Kulmatycki. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by said estate on account of the death of Alfred Batrack who was fatally injured on May 27, 1937, when he was struck on the back by a falling scaffold used on a Works Progress Administration project in painting the ceiling of the Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington: Pro- vided, 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, October 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 768] AN ACT For the relief of Wasyl Kulmatycki. 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 Wasyl Kulmatycki, a resident of Canada, or his duly authorized representative, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the refund of the amount of a bond issued under Form 554 of the United States Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service, deposited by him with the immigration authorities of San Antonio, Texas, conditioned upon his departure from the United States on or before April 21, 1924, such bond being subsequently forfeited, although such Wasyl Kulmatycki departed from the United States within the period fixed in such bond: Pro- vided, 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, October 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 769] October 8, 1940 [H. R. 4816] [Private, No. 575] AN ACT For the relief of Henry J. Wise. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payment to. 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 Henry J. Wise the sum of $378 in full settlement of all claims against the United States because of damages to his automobile and personal proio. injuries sustained when a United States mail truck collided with his Limitation onattor- car on November 29, 1936, at Saint Paul, Minnesota: Provided, That ney's,etc., fees. 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, October 8, 1940. 1368 [54 STAT.