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75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 217-219-MAY 15, 1937 Gentry, of Tyler, Texas, the sum of $500. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage received when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck near Tyler, Texas, on February 29, 1936, by a vehicle operated by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 notwith- standing. 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 218] AN ACT For the relief of John Mack. 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 John Mack, Cataldo, Idaho, the sum of $442.40. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said John Mack on account of personal injuries received on October 5, 1935, when the car in which he was riding on United States Highway Numbered 10, near Kellogg, Idaho, was struck by a Government truck in the service of the Civilian Con- servation Corps: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 219] AN ACT For the relief of V. P . Johnson. 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 to V. P . Johnson, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for loss by fire of motorboat on April 24,1927, while said boat was leased by the United States Engineers and in the service of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 967 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 15, 1937 [H. R. 844] [Private, No. 99] John Mack. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor. ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 15, 1937 [H. R. 4242] [Private, No. 100] V. P. Johnson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees.