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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 230-232-MAY 16, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 16, 1938 [H. R . 6479] [Private, No. 514] Guy Salisbury, alias John G. Bowman, alias Alva J. Zenner. Military record cor- rected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. May 16, 1938 [H. R . 75001 [Private, No. 515] Shelba Jennings. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. automobile in which he was riding on November 5, 1919, was struck by an American Railway Express Company wagon when the said company was under the control of the Director General of Railroads of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 attor- neys, 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 appro- priated 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, May 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 231] AN ACT For the relief of Guy Salisbury, alias John G. Bowman, alias Alva J. Zenner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines Guy Salisbury, alias John G. Bowman, alias Alva J. Zenner, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on November 3, 1901, as a private of Troop F, Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry: Pro- vided, That no back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, May 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 232] AN ACT For the relief of Shelba Jennings. 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 Shelba Jennings of Pendleton, Oregon, the sum of $263.38 in full and final settlement of any and all claims against the Government for loss of his personally owned tools supplied by him for the use of himself and others in the Frog Heaven Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the State of Oregon, the tools having been destroyed in burning of the blacksmith and repair shop in the afternoon of August 9, 1933: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 16, 1938. 1310 [52 STAT.