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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 141 -143-APR . 22, 1940 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. April 22, 1940 [H. R . 37691 [Private, No. 315] Keuffel and Esser Co. of New York, San Francisco, Calif., branch. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., tees. Penalty. April 22,1940 [H. R. 3784] [Private, No. 3161 J. D . Warlick. Payment to estate of. Provio. Limitation on atto- ney', etc., fees. Penalty. deportation against him, and subsequently forfeited on order of said court, although the alien was available for deportation at all times and was in fact deported from the United States on May 19, 1934: 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 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, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 142] AN ACT For the relief of the Keuffel and Esser Company of New York. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Keuffel and Esser Company of New York, San Francisco, California, branch, the sum of $90. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of repairs made by such company in June 1935 to an engineer s transit upon the order of the project superintendent of camp SP-8-A, King- man, Arizona, Civilian Conservation Corps. Such transit was the private property of an engineer employed by the Government on such project and was damaged while in use by such camp: 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 143] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of J. D. Warlick. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. H. Warlick of Birmingham, Alabama, as administrator of the estate of J. D . War- lick, late of Ocala, Florida, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims of such estate against the United States for the death of said J. D. Warlick, who was struck and killed by a Civilian Conser- vation Corps ambulance, about six miles from Ocala, Florida, on June 11, 1934: 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 deemedguilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shal be fined in any sum not exceeding Approved, April 22, 1940. 1262 [54 STAT.