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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 560 -562-JULY 10, 1940 Proaio. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. sum of $50 to A. A. Ramsay of Oracle, Arizona, in full settlement of his claim against the United States arising out of a collision with a Civilian Conservation Corps truck at Oracle, Arizona, on December 17, 1936: 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, July 10, 1940. [CHAPTER 561] Jul 10, 1940 [Private, No. 453] AN ACT For the relief of Earl P. Collins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Earl P. Oolos. 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 Earl P. Collins, of Brattleboro, Vermont, the sum of $128.50, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for dental expenses and personal injuries incurred by Avis Collins, a minor daughter, as the result of a collision which occurred when the truck in which she was riding was struck by a United States Army truck operated by Richard Landus, a private, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on August iionu on at. 29, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this torney's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty. 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, July 10, 1940. [CHAPTER 562] AN ACT For the relief of M. E. McGivern. Be it eftcted 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 M. E. McGivern the sum of $465 in full settlement of all claims against the United States, including a claim for refund of the pur- chase price for the tract described as the southwest quarter north- east quarter of section 30, township 40 north, range 5 east of the fourth principal meridian, arising out of transactions relating to lands situated within the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation. Approved, July 10, 1940. 1316 [54 STAT. Jul 10, 1940 · 8. 37421 [PHrvate, No. 464] M. E . MeOlvern. Payment to.