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J. Edgar Gift. Credit in postal ac- count. Limitation on at- torney's , etc. , fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 189-191--MAY 14, 1937 SEC. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit, in the settlement and adjustment of accounts and claims for services rendered at third- and fourth-class post offices, the account of J. Edgar Gift, deceased, former postmaster at Lemasters, Pennsylvania, with $64.76, being the amount deducted from the postal receipts of the post office at Lemasters, Pennsylvania, by Paul E. Gluck for his voluntary services as acting postmaster at said post office from February 23 to March 31, 1934, inclusive, following the death of the former postmaster. SEC. 4 . No part of the amount appropriated in section 1 of 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, May 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 190] May 14, 1937 [H. R. 4233] [Private, No. 78] Annie E. Hyland. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 14, 1937 [H. R. 4451] [Private, No. 79] Salvatore Branchi- cella. Cancelation of de- portation proceedings. 39 Stat. 889 890. 8U.S.C . S;15,1 ,5. AN ACT For the relief of Annie E. Hyland. 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 Annie E. Hyland, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $821.40 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for injuries sustained on September 4, 1933, when she was struck by an Army fire engine: 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 ren- dered 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, May 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 1911 AN ACT To authorize the cancelation of deportation proceedings in the case of Salvatore Branchicella. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the outstanding order and warrant of deportation issued pursuant to sections 19 and 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 889, 890; U. S . C., title 8, secs. 155 and 156), in the case of Salvatore Branchi- cella, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. From and after the date of the approval of this Act, Salvatore Branchicella shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same fact upon which the outstanding proceedings rest. Approved, May 14, 1937.