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75TH CONGRESS, Isr SESSION-CHS. 331 -333-JUNE 11, 1937 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 con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Penalty for viola- Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction on thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 332] AN ACT For the relief of Carter R. Young. 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 Carter R. Young, of Denver, Colorado, the sum of $4,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him, by his wife Virginia, and by their minor son William, on August 1, 1936, by reason of a collision of their car with an unlighted United States Army truck left standing on United States Highway Numbered 87 about two and one-half miles southwest of Berthoud, Colorado: 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, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 333] AN ACT For the relief of Howard Hefner. Be it enanetfd by the Senate and House of Repres.entatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized anl dir ected to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Howard Hefner the sum of $2,000 in full settlement of all damages sustained by him as the result of permanent personal injuries inflicted upon him when, on May 26, 1935, the car which he, Howard Hefner, was driving on State Highway Numbered 11 was struck by a United States Forestry truck driven by one Grady Helton at a point on said highway about one mile north of Cleve- land, Georgia, and near a place known as "Skeet's Place" on a deep curve on said highway, the said Howard Hefner being on his side of the road when the accident occurred: 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 11, 1937. June 11, 1937 [H. R. 2360] [Private, No. 146] Carter R. Young. Payment to. Proriso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 11, 1937 [H. R. 2673] [Private, No. 147] I oward Ilefner. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 989