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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 82-84 -APRIL 14, 1937 [CHAPTER 82] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Alice W. Miller, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States, in the settlement and adjust- ment of accounts and claims for services rendered at third- and fourth-class post offices, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Alice W. Miller, deceased, former acting postmaster at Valley Ranch, New Mexico, with $132.86, being the amount paid from postal receipts to Lydia A. Keyes in payment of her voluntary services in acting as postmaster at that post office from December 18, 1932, to February 3, 1933, inclusive. Approved, April 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 83] AN ACT For the relief of A. D . Hampton. 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 A. D . Hampton, of Russellville, Arkansas, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his minor son, Adam D. Hampton, Junior, when the car in which he was a passenger was struck by a Government vehicle operated in connec- tion with the Civilian Conservation Corps, while said vehicle was on official business, on October 7, 1934, on United States Highway Numbered 64, near London, Arkansas: 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 liisdemleallo and p1)0n conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 14, 1937. 935 April 14, 1937 [S. 308] [Private, No. 26j Alice W. Miller (deceased). Credit in accounts of. April 14, 1937 [S. 420] [Private, No. 27] A. D . Hampton. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tlon. [CHAPTER 84] AN ACT For the relief of Harry King. 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 is 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 Harry King, of Monarch, Montana, the sum of $85 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States arising from property damage sustained by him when his automobile was struck by a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps on United States Highway Numbered 89, near Neihart, Montana, on July 19, 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services April 14, 1937 [S. 25] [Private, No. 28] Harry King. Payment to. Prociso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees.