Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/1392

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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 498-500 -JUNE 16, 1938 [CHAPTER 498] Jna 16- 1038 AN ACT [R. . 7040] For the relief of Forest Lykins. [Private, No. 613] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Forest Lykins. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Forest Lykins, of rural route numbered 1, Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio, the sum of $553 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages for personal injuries suffered on May 25, 1936, when struck and thrown to the pavement by a truck, owned by the United States and operated by an employee of the Limitation onattor- Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That ney's, etc., fees. 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 Penalty for viola- 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 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 499] June 16, 1938 [H. R. 7548] [Private, No. 614] J. Lafe Davis and estate of Mrs. J. Late Davis. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN AU;I For the relief of J. Lafe Davis and the estate of Mrs. J . Lafe Davis. 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 J. Lafe Davis, Richton, Mississippi, the sum of $2,500, and to the administrator of the estate of Mrs. J. Lafe Davis, deceased, formerly of Richton, Mississippi, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained by him and for the death of Mrs. Davis as the result of an accident on October 21, 1936, in which his truck broke through a cattle guard constructed by the Forest Service on a county road in I)eSoto National Forest, Wayne County, Mississippi: Provided, That no part of the anlount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 500] June 16, 1938 [H. R. 83761 [Private, No. 615] James D. Larry. Sr. Credit in postal ac- counts. AN ACT For the relief of James D. Larry, Senior. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of James D. Larry, Senior, postmaster at Mel- 1352 [52 STAT.