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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CHS. 748-750-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 748] AN ACT For the relief of the Derby Oil Company. 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 Derby Oil Company, Wichita, Kansas, the sum of $2,467.80, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss sustained by the Derby Oil Company, through typographical error in bid price of grade V-75 gasoline, on shipments of gasoline totaling one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred and twenty gallons to Civilian Conservation Corps Quartermaster, Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Quartermaster, Fort Knox, Kentucky, under contract Tps-10033, dated December 17, 1935: 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 notwith- standing. 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 749] AN ACT For the relief of Frank M. Schmitt, Antonio Salas, Victoria Griego, and Victor Coco. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frank M. Schmitt, Madrid, New Mexico, the sum of $3,750; to Antonio Salas, Madrid, New Mexico, the sum of $1,500; to Victoria Griego, Cerrillos, New Mexico, the sum of $750; and to Victor Coco, Madrid, New Mexico, the sum of $300; in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of Theodore C. Schmitt and personal injuries of Antonio Salas, Victoria Griego, and Victor Coco, and property damage of the latter, sustained on the night of October 14, 1936, when the automobile in which they were riding struck a Department of Agriculture truck which was parked without warning flares on a highway near Santa Fe, New Mexico: 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 tlhe 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. 1419 June 25, 1938 [H. R. 67531 [Private, No. 771] Derby Oil Com- pany. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25,1938 [H. R. 6842] [Private, No. 772] Frank M. Schmitt and others. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 750] AN ACT For the relief of Muriel C. Young. 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 June 25, 1938 [H. R. 7429] [Private, No. 773] Muriel C. Young. Payment to.