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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 89-91-APR . 6, 1938 1275 of services rendered in connection with said claims. 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 claims, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act Penalty for viola- shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof tion. shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 90] AN ACT For the relief of Paul Burress. 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 Paul Burress, of Coal Creek, Tennessee, the sum of $500 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of injuries suffered by him as a result of being struck by a Government tank which was being used by Government officials to advertise a Victory Bond sale in the year 1919: 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 per- son 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, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 91] AN ACT For the relief of Paul Brinza. 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 Paul Brinza, of (udahy, Wisconsin, the sum of $2,500, in full settle- nlent of all claims against the United States for the death of his minor son, Anton Brinza, who was killed on July 7, 1934, when struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck in the city of Cudahy, Wis- consin: 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 unlaw- ful 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 with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 6, 1938. April 6, 1938 [H. R . 2225] [Private, No. 438] Paul Burress. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 6, 1938 [ a.. 2316] [Private, No. 439] Paul Brinza. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc.. fees. Penalty for viola- tion.