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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3 0 SESS.-CHS. 411, 412 -JUNE 15, 1938 Ohio, $120; to William Schnoor, of Put In Bay, Ohio, $1,248.99; to J. C . Feick, of Sandusky, Ohio, $129; to the Boston Lightning Rod Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, $135; to Webster P. Hunt- ington, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, $214.61; to Hugh Rodman, of Washington, District of Columbia, $76.79; to George M. Mason, of Erie, Pennsylvania, $35.15; to Harry E. Davis, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, $37.09; to W. J. Moore, of Richmond, Kentucky, $60.60; to Richard S. Folsom, of Chicago, Illinois, $77.10; to Charles B. Perry, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $82.81; to Jacob Schifferdecker, of Brooklyn, New York, $35.11; to Robert H. Winn, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, $28.42; to Samuel M. Wilson, of Lexington, Kentucky, $35; and to John A. Johnston, of Washington, District of Columbia, $49.06; a total of $7,605.46, in full settlement of their claims against the United States or the Perry's Victory Memorial Commission, rep- resenting obligations of the Perry's Victory Memorial Commission to said parties necessarily incurred for maintenance of Perry's Victory Memorial Monument, Put In Bay Island, Lake Erie, Ohio prior to July 6, 1936, at which time control and management of said monument was transferred to the National Park Service of the Interior Department, pursuant to Presidential proclamation: 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 con- nection 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, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 412] AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth F. Quinn and Sarah Ferguson. 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 Elizabeth F. Quinn, of Maiden, Massachusetts, the sum of $750, and to Sarah Ferguson, of Maiden, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,250, said sums to be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries received by said Elizabeth F. Quinn and Sarah Ferguson on September 26, 1936, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a truck operated in the service of the United States Marine Corps: Provided, That payment shall not be made under this Act until the above-named claimants have released all of their claims against George P. Russell, of Hingham, Massachusetts, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That no part of the said amounts 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 claims, 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 a sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. 1333 50 Stat. 1734 . Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 15, 1938 [S. 2770] [Private, No. 570] Elizabeth F. Quinn and Sarah Ferguson. Payments to. Provisos. Condition. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.