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1302 April 29, 1938 [S. 1882] [Private, No. 500] Consolidated Air- craft Corporation. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. pril 29, 1938 [H. R . 6731] [Private, No. 601] Ruth Rule. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 184, 185, 19 Apr. 29, 1938 May 11, 1938 [CHAPTER 184] AN ACT For the relief of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. [52 STAT. 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 the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation the sum of $92,993.40 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for additional costs incurred by such corporation in the performance of a contract with the Department of War dated February 27, 1933 (contract numbered W 535 AC-5732 (1790)): 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 185] AN ACT For the relief of Ruth Rule, a minor. 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 m the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Ruth Rule, a minor of Grove, Oklahoma, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her on April 3, 1936, when the automobile in which she was riding was driven into an unguarded excavation made by Works Progress Administration employees in connection with the WPA project 1-466-H, in Delaware County, Oklahoma: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated n 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 ren- dered 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 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 196] May 11, 1938 JOINT RESOLUTION [H. J . Res. 141] To authorize the issuance to Sekizo Takahashi of a permit to reenter the United [Priv. Bes., No. 4] States States Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United suance of permi States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of to reenter United Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Sekizo Takahashi a permit to reenter the United States after a temporary visit to Japan, notwithstanding his ineligibility for admission for permanent residence, and to readmit him if he applies for readmission during the validity of the permit to reenter, Approved, May 11, 1938.