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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 128-130--APR. 8, 1938 [CHAPTER 128] April 8, 1938 [H. R. 6473] [Private, No. 470] Paul H. Brinson. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Paul H. Brinson. Be it enacted by bhe 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 H. Brinson, of Saint Petersburg, Florida, the sum of $79.30 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for expenses incurred as an attorney for the Resettlement Administration in trav- eling from Washington, District of Columbia, to Stillwater, Okla- homa, during the period July 17 to 19, 1935: 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 con- nection 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, April 8, 1938. [CHAPTER 129] April 8, 1938 [H. R. 6981] [Private, No. 471] Frank M. Oilbert. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 8, 1938 [H. R. 6999] [Private, No. 472] Artemisia Grant. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Frank M. Gilbert. 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, the sum of $75 to Frank M. Gilbert, of Buffalo, South Dakota, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages arising out of the loss of a horse, which died in March 1935 from a disease incurred while in possession of the Government under a lease with the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, in connection with emergency conservation work: 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. [CHAPTER 130] AN ACT For the relief of Artemisia Grant. 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 Artemisia Grant, of Milledgeville, Georgia, the sum of $117.08 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the value of 1288 [52 STAT.