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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 761-763-JUNE 25, 1938 June 25, 1938 [H. R. 8696] [Private, No. 784] Ruby Z. Winslow. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R . 8723] [Private, No. 785] Spencer D. Al - bright, Jr. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 9084] [Private, No. 786] John Lawson and Roy Webb. Payment to. [CHAPTER 761] AN ACT For the relief of Ruby Z. Winslow. 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 Ruby Z. Winslow, of Myricks, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,070.50, in full and final settlement of all claims against the United States for loss of personal property in a fire which occurred in Quarters Numbered 52-B, Hospital Steward's Quarters, Fort Sheridan, Illi- nois, on November 4, 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 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 762] AN ACT For the relief of Spencer D. Albright, Junior. 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 Spencer D. Albright, Junior, of Austin, Texas, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his minor son, Leonard, who was killed when a United States air- plane operated by a Mexican Army officer in training at the Army Air Corps Flying School, Kelly Field, Texas, crashed into his resi- dence at Austin, Texas, on December 7, 1937: 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 763] AN ACT For the relief of John Lawson and Roy Webb. 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 John Lawson, of Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee, the sum of $1,548.50, and to Roy Webb, of Wears Valley, Sevier County, Ten- nessee, the sum of $412.67, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, or Frank Thurman, as a result of personal injuries and property damage sustained by them when the car in which they were riding was struck by a National Park Service truck, driven by said Frank Thurman, an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on 1424 [52 STAT.