2168 ~"'1_. .R .Mll.) l ... No. m.) E. P . Plnls. PaJmeDtto. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I . CHS. 658, 659. AUGUST 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 658.) AN ACT For the relief of E. F. Purvis. Be it enacted by the Senate and B O'U8e of Representatives of the United States of .America in Oo-ngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to~a.!, out of any- moneI in the Treasury not otherwise appropriared, to E. F . Purvis, of Grambling, Louisiana, the sum of $425.16 in full satisfac- tion of his claim for damages against the United States for injuries suftered b! him on February 10, 1933, when the automobile in which he was riding collided, near Shreveport, Louisiana, with a United n:t:ilon on attor- States Army truck: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- DeY's, etc.• fees. ated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum {hereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said 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 servic('s rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary Penalty for violation. notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shan be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 24, 1935. [CHAPTER 659.] AN ACT August 2<4, 1935. IH. R . 2t32.] For the relief of the Weis-Patterson Lumber Company, Incorporated. (Private. No. 277 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and I1 Ou.' 5C of Representatives of t/u.' WeJs.PattersonLum- United State8 of America in On-n .nreS8 a8sernhled That the Secretar" ber Company, In- • - .•~ .'. oJ corporated. of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorIzed and dIrected to pay, Paymentto. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to tlie Weis-Patterson Lumber Company, Incorporated, Pensacola, Florida, the sum of $600, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States, such sum representing damages sustained when a barge ownea by the Weis-Patterson Lumber Company, Incorporated, and rented to the War Department was, on August 31, 1932, blown ashore and n:t::iion on attor. totally wrecked. duri~g a .storm:. Provided, That no part of the ney·s . etc., fees. 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 said 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 said PenaJtyfor~lolation. claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shan be deemed ~iltv of It misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shan be fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 24, 1935.
