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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 666-66S-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 666] June 25, 1938 [H. R . 8423] [Private, No. 725] Frank W. Lohn. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Frank W. Lohn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frank W. Lohn, special agent of the Intelligence Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, the sum of $149.21 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for expenses incurred during February 1935, pursuant to official orders, investigating the death of a narcotic inspector of the Treasury Department, which were disallowed by the Comptroller General: 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 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 667] June 25,1938 AN ACT [H. R. 4169] To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the Atlantic Works, [Private, No. 726] of Boston, Massachusetts. Atlantic Works, of Boston, Mass. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 4367] [Private, No. 727] Perry Walker. Payment to. 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 Atlantic Works, of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $22,170.30 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the differ- ence between the actual cost of the construction of the revenue cutter Daniel Manning and the amount paid under the contract entered into for the building of said vessel as found by the Court of Claims and reported in Senate Document Numbered 5, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session: 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 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, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 668] AN ACT For the relief of Perry Walker. 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 Perry Walker, of Weathers, Oklahoma, the sum of $300, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damage to his home and property by bullets fired during the recap- ture of two bank robbers, Dewey Gilmore and Dan T. Heady, on 1400 [52 STAT.