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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 63 -638 --JUNE 23, 1938 legal guardian of Robert Doty, a minor, of Unionville, Connecticut, the sum of $500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him when struck by an auto- mobile driven by a Works Progress Administration employee in pur- suit of official duties, in Unionville, Connecticut, on September 9, 1936: 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 connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, 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 notwithstand- ing. 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 637] AN ACT For the relief of Alba C. Mitchell. 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 Alba C. Mitchell, of Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia, the sum of $786.80 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered on May 24, 1937, when he was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck while working on United States Highway Numbered 219, near the summit of Back- bone Mountain, West Virginia: 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, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 6381 AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Bruin and Gussie Brum. 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 the immigration and naturalization laws, the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the warrant of arrest and the order of deportation against Joseph Brum and Gussie Brum heretofore issued on the ground that in or about January 1921 admission to the United States had been fraudulently gained pur suant to the commission of a passport or visa offense which, subse- quent to such admission, has heretofore been held by the Attorney General of the United States to be within the purview of "crimes involving moral turpitude", and thereupon said Joseph Brum and Gussie Brum shall hereafter be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at New York, in Janu- 1389 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H R. 85441 [Private, No. 703] Alba C. Mitchell. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [H1. R. 88581 [Private, No. 704] Joseph Brum and Oussie Brum. Cancelation of order of deportation, etc.