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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 152-154--APR . 13, 1938 [CHAPTER 152] AN ACT For the relief of John M. Fuller. 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 M. Fuller, of Greenville, South Carolina, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the loss of his right eye as the result of an injury sustained February 10, 1934, while engaged in the performance of his duties as an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia: 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 con- trary 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 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 153] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Dougherty. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary Dough- erty, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, the sum of $885.27 in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for a refund of interest paid on a mortgage on her property to the Home Owners' Loan Corporation between April 5, 1935, the date title to her property in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was taken by condemnation pro- ceedings by the United States Government, acting through the Post Office Department, and July 30, 1936, the date she satisfied the mortgage loan and was required to pay interest for said period thereon: 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 unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 154] AN ACT 1293 April 13, 1938 (H. R . 4221] [Private, No. 481] John M. Fuller. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. April 13, 1938 iH. R. 6061] [Private, No. 482] Mary Dougherty. Payment to. Provso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fee. Penalty for viola- tion. For the relief of Frank Christy and other disbursing agents in the Indian service [H.R. 6232 of the United States. [Private, No. 483] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Frank Christy, Super- intendent and special disbursing agent of the Tomah Indian School, Indian Service. Frank Christy and other disbursing agents. Credit in accounts.