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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 97-99-APR . 6, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's , etc. , fees. Penalty for viola- tion. day of July 1936, caused by being struck by a truck, then in the serv- ice of the Civilian Conservation Corps, near Fairfield, Ohio: Pro- vided, 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 98] April 6, 1938 [H. R. 6608] [Private, No. 446] Edward F. Cassidy. Payment to. Provso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Edward F. Cassidy. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Edward F. Cassidy, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the sum of $3,675, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Edward F. Cassidy who was struck and injured by a United States mail truck in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on February 24, 1936: 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 connec- tion 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, April 6, 1938. [CHAPTER 99] pril 6, 1938 [f. R. 6238] [Private, No. 447] J. C. Prosser. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of J. C . Prosser. 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 J. C . Prosser, of Cleveland, Ohio, the sum of $128.48, in full settle- ment of all claims against the Government of the United States for expenses incurred in going from Cleveland to Boston and return, in obedience to telegraphic requests of March 5 and 6, 1919, from Dis- trict Staff Headquarters, First Naval District, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, to appear as a witness in court-martial proceedings: 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, April 6, 1938. 1278 [52 STAT.