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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 414-416-JUNE 29, 1937 maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to R. N. Teague, Lambert, Mississippi, the sum of $1,000, and to Minnie Teague, Lambert, Mississippi, the sum of $750. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages and injuries sustained by them when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck, on Arkansas State Highway 167, near Sheridan, Arkansas, November 1, 1934, by a vehicle in the serv- Promisoa ice of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for viola- Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty tion. of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 29, 1937. [CHAPTER 415] June 29, 1937 [H. R . 2781] [Private, No. 189] Rev. Harry J. Hill. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Reverend Harry J. Hill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary 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 Reverend Harry J. Hill, of Burbank, California, the sum of $250 in full settlement against the Government for damages sustained in a collision between his automobile and a Government- owned truck driven by a Civilian Conservation Corps employee on June 8, 1934, in Yosemite National Park, California: 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 416] June 29, 1937 [H. R . 306ao [Private, No. 190] John E. Callaway. Payment to estate of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of John E. Callaway. 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 the administrator of the estate of John E. Callaway, of Lebanon, Kansas, the sum of $190, in full settlement of its claim against the United States for the destruction of certain property as a result of fire caused by a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, on July 7, 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- 1010