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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CHS. 540-542-JULY 2, 1940 for personal injuries to him and medical and hospital expenses incident thereto, incident to the capture by him of Max and Nathan Zarrani, counterfeit note passers, said capture occurring in the Farragut Hotel at Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 21, 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 541] AN ACT For the relief of Edward P. Glenn, Junior. 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 Edward P. Glenn, Junior, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sum of $26.63, as reimbursement for the loss of personal property belonging to him when left in care of United States Army authorities for transportation from Fort Slocum, New York, to the Philippine Islands, per paragraph 10, Special Order Numbered 209, Headquar- ters Third Corps Area, dated August 28, 1934: 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, July 2, 1940. Pro'iso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. July 2, 1940 [H. R. 6730] [Private, No. 441] Edward P. Glenn, Jr. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 542] AN ACT For the relief of Clarence D. Green. 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 Clarence D. Green, of Danville, Illinois, the sum of $1,863.85, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received when the private car in which Clarence D. Green was a passenger was struck by a Veterans' Administration facility ambulance on December 22, 1933, on Main Street near the intersec- tion of Bowman Street with Main Street, in Danville, Illinois: 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, July 2, 1940. July 2, 1940 [H. R . 67371 [Private, No. 442] Clarence D. Green. Payment to. Prroiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty.