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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 126, 127-APR. 8 , 1938 [CHAPTER 1261 AN ACT For the relief of Rellie Dodgen and Anah Webb Lavery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rellie Dodgen, Sevierville, Tennessee, the sum of $407.25 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained when he was struck by a Department of Agriculture truck, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on June 11, 1935. SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of the Treasury 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 Conser- vation Corps, to Anah Webb Lavery, of Evanston, Illinois, the sum of $15, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries and expenses incident thereto as a result of a col- lision between the automobile she was driving and a National Park Service truck, operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, at Lincolnwood, Illinois, on May 11, 1936. SEC. 3. That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 8, 1938. [CHAPTER 127] AN ACT For the relief of the Board of County Commissioners of Saint Johns County, Florida. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of County Commissioners of Saint Johns County, Florida, Saint Augus- tine, Florida, the sum of $4,510, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for salaries paid to two bridge tenders during the period from May 15, 1930, to October 15, 1933, for operation of the Palm Valley Bridge over the Florida East Coast Canal, in Saint Johns County, Florida, which canal was subsequently acquired by the United States and which bridge was held to have been the property of the United States during said period: 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 8, 1938. 1287 April 8, 1938 [H. R . 3757] [Private, No. 4681 Rellie Dodgen. Payment to. Anah Webb Lavery. Payment to. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 8, 1938 [H. R. 5921] [Private, No. 469] Board of County Commissioners, Saint Johns (oullty, Fla. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.