54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3 D SESS.-CHS. 698-701-AUG. 27, 1940 Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 27, 1940. [CHAPTER 699] AN ACT For the relief of John L. Pennington. 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 L. Pennington, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $168.40, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reim- bursement of expenses incident to official travel during period of employment as field agent, Railroad Retirement Board: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 27, 1940. [CHAPTER 700] AN ACT To provide an additional sum for the payment of a claim under the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the reimbursement of certain personnel or former per- sonnel of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps for the value of personal effects destroyed as a result of a fire at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, on October 27, 1938", approved June 19, 1939. 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, such sum not to exceed $31, as may be required by the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse Major Curtis W. LeGette, United States Marine Corps, under such regulations as he may prescribe, pursuant to the provisions of Private Law Numbered 56, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 19, 1939, for the loss of reasonable and necessary personal property resulting from the fire which occurred at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, on June 19, 1939: 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, August 27, 1940. [CHAPTER 701] AN ACT For the relief of James H. Hearon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaties 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 1355 August 27. 1940 [8. 3581] [Private, No. 542] John L. Penning- ton. Payment to. Provaso. Limitation on at- torney's , etc. , fees. Penalty. Augst 27, 1940 [8. 359] [Private, No. 543] MaJ. Curtis W. LeGette. Payment to. 53 Stat. 1463 . ProIao. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. August 27, 1940 (Private, No. 544] James H. Heron. Payment to.
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