PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 771, 772-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 771] June 25, 1938 [H. R. 9795] [Private, No. 794] Michael J. Mu downey. Payment to. 20 Stat. 400 . 2U.S.C.§226. Proviso. Limitation on a torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viol tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 10043] [Private, No. 795] Roosevelt Stadiu Jersey City, N. J . Payment of certa claims for proper damages, etc. Provisos. Payment in fi settlement. Maximum amom Time limitation I filing applications. Determination amounts due, etc. Limitation on torney's, etc., fees. AN ACT For the relief of Michael J. Muldowney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the a- 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 Michael J. Muldowney, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sum of $2,000 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for expenses incurred as contestee in connection with the defense of the election-contest case of Anne E. Felix versus Michael J. Muldowney for the seat from the Thirty-second Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania in the Seventy-third Congress, as authorized by the Act of March 3, 1879, (U. S . C ., title 2, sec. 226): Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of at- 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 la- the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 772] AN ACT For the relief of employees of the Works Progress Administration whose tools and personal property were damaged or destroyed by fire at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the m ' United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary tn of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in accordance with such certifications as may be made by the Works Progress Administrator, or his duly authorized representative under this Act, the claims of employees of the Works Progress Admlinistration for their privately owned tools and personal property, which, while stored in a Works Progress Administration warehouse, were damaged or destroyed by fire that occurred on March 11, 1937, on a Works Progress Administration project located at Roosevelt Stadium, all Droyer's Point, Jersey City, New Jersey: Provided, That such pay- ments as may be made hereunder shall be deemed to be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for said damage to, or at- loss of, tools and personal property: Provided further, That the total amount that may be paid hereunder by the Secretary of the Treasury for in settlement of said claims shall not exceed the sum of $6,000. No payment shall be made under the provisions of this Act unless appli- cation therefor shall be filed with the Works Progress Administration by or on behalf of the person entitled thereto within six months from of the date of approval of this Act. The Works Progress Adminis- trator, or his duly authorized representative, shall determine the amount due on any application, and the person entitled thereto under the provisions of this Act, and shall certify such determinations to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment of the claims, which deter- minations shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers at- of the Government: And provided further, 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 1428 [52 STAT.
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