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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 763-765--JUNE 25, 1938 State Highway Numbered 71, near Sevierville, Tennessee, September 8, 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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. 1425 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 764] AN ACT For the relief of J. J. B . Hilliard and Son. 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 J. J . B. Hilliard and Son, of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of $762.39, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for a refund of 24.947 per centum of thirty-eight invalid postal money orders in the sum of $3,056 fraudulently issued from March 7, 1935, to August 3, 1935, to said J. J. B. Hilliard and Son, of Louisville, Kentucky, by Ray Hocker, former postmaster at McHenry, Kentucky, which sum ($762.39) has heretofore been paid to the United States: 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 765] AN ACT For the relief of the Read Machinery Company, Incorporated. 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 lie is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Read Machinery Company, Incorporated, York, Pennsylvania, the sum of $278.49, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of the amount of liquidated damages deducted from the contract price of a machine on account of twenty-nine days' delay in delivery thereof to the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils Department of Agriculture, which delay was due to causes beyond the control of said company: 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. 36525 -3- - -90 June 25, 1938 [H. R. 9142] [Private, No. 787] J. J. B . Hilliard and Son. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 H. R. 9215] [Private, No. 788] oead Machinery Conlpany, Inc. 'aynment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.