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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 608-610 -JUNE 23, 1938 [CHAPTER 608] AN ACT For the relief of G. E. Maxwell. 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 Doctor G. E . Maxwell, of Springerville, Arizona, the sum of $332.70 in full settlement of any and all claims against the United States on account of emergency medical services rendered to John Holmes, an employee of the Works Progress Administration, on authority of officials of the Works Progress Administration, April 30 1936: Pro- vided, 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. June 23, 1938 [S. 3584] [Private, No. 674] Dr. G . E. Maxwell. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 609] AN ACT For the relief of Alpha Vint. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Alpha Vint, a minor of Pulaski County, Arkansas, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for permanent personal injury sustained on Sep- tember 15, 1932, from the explosion of a thirty-seven millimeter shell at the Sylvan Hills School, Pulaski County, Arkansas, which he had previously picked up and carried from Camp Pike Reservation, Arkansas: 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 ren- dered 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 23, 1938. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 447] [Private, No. 675] Alpha Vlnt. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 610] AN ACT For the relief of J. W. Beams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary 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 $2,500 to J. W . Beams, of Barbourville, Kentucky, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries suffered by him on June 14, 1934, when a truck in which he was riding on Kentucky State Highway Numbered 80, near Hyden, Kentucky, was forced to leave the highway and overturned,

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87 1377 June 23, 1938 [H. R . 1141] [Private, No. 676] J. W. Beams. Payment to.