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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 200 -202 -MAY 15, 1937 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ey's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. George W. Hanna and Bertha M. Hanna, of Paxton Springs, New Mexico, the sum of $5,000 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States on account of the death of their minor son, David Hanna, who was killed on October 1, 1935, when a truck which he was driving turned over in a ditch which had been dug across the Oso Ridge Forest Road in the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico and left unmarked by employees of the Forest Service: 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 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 claim, 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 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 201] May 15, 1937 [S. 434] [Private, No. 82] ti AN ACT For the relief of Rufus C. Long. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the payeRs . Lng. 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 Rufus C. Long, of Preston, Idaho, the sum of $40. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter, because of Bang's disease, iiation on at- of two cattle owned by the said Rufus C. Long: Provided, That no orney's, etc., fees. part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, ioPnalty for viola- 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 15, 1937. May 15, 1937 [S. 435] [Private, No. 83] B. W. Winward. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. [CHAPTER 202] AN ACT For the relief of B. W. Winward. 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 B. W. Winward, of Whitney, Idaho, the sum of $20. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the slaughter, because of Bang's disease, of one cow owned by the said B. W . Winward: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 t