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75THE CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 400 , 408, 409-JUNE 28, 29, 1937 the United States on account of the death of the said Rees Morgan who was struck and killed near Tacoma, Washington by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck operated by one Fred Krause, enrollee of Company 2941, Civilian Conservation Corps Camp A3, Fort Lewis, Washington: 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, June 28, 1937. 1007 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 408] AN ACT For the relief of Elbert Arnold Jarrell. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Elbert Arnold Jarrell the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages suffered by reason of being struck and seriously injured by a Government truck which was driven by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on March 16, 1934, near Friendship, Ohio, which has resulted in his being unable to provide for himself his wife, and his six children: 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, June 29, 1937. [CHAPTER 409] AN ACT For the relief of Otis Cordle, a minor. 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 legal guardian of Otis Cordle, a minor, of Memphis, Tennessee, the sum of $4,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries received by said Otis Cordle, when struck, on October 18, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee, by a United States mail truck: 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 i4 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, June 29, 1937. June 29, 1937 [H. R. 703] [Private, No. 182] Elbert Arnold Jar- rell. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 29, 1937 111 R.R. S1l [Private, No. 183] Otis Cordle. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.