52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 419-421-JUNE 15, 1938 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 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 420] AN ACT For the relief of Barber-Hoppen Corporation. 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 Barber-Hoppen Corporation, of Newark, New Jersey, the sum of $375, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for additional service rendered in moving the office of the collector of internal revenue of the fifth district of New Jersey in the city of Newark in said State: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 per- son 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 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 421] AN ACT For the relief of Hugh O'Farrell, and the estate of Thomas Gaffney. 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, the sum of $104 to Hugh O'Farrell, deputy United States marshal and chief jailer, Nome, Alaska, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for a sum advanced him by the United States marshal for matron hire which was placed for safekeeping in a Gov- ernment safe in the United States courthouse at Nome, Alaska, where it was destroyed by fire on September 17, 1934, without fault or negligence on his part, when the building and contents were burned, and which he has refunded to the marshal, who accounted to the Government for it. SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to the executor of the estate of Thomas Gaffney, deceased, former United States marshal for the second division, Terri- tory of Alaska, the sum of $416.75 in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for a refund of funds placed for safekeep- ing in a Government safe in the United States courthouse at Nome, Alaska, where it was destroyed by fire on September 17, 1934, without fault or negligence on the marshal's part, when the building and contents were burned, and for which he accounted to the Government. 1337 Penalty for viola- tion. June 15, 1938 [H. R . 4232] [Private, No. 578] Barber-Hoppen Cor- poration. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 15, 1938 [H. R . 4304] [Private, No. 579] Hugh O'Farrell. Payment to. Thomas Gaflney. Payment to estate of.
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