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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.--CHS. 613-615-JULY 11, 1940 [CHAPTER 613] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Betty Lou Frady, and W. L. Frady. 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 the legal guardian of Betty Lou Frady, a minor, of Weldon Arkansas, the sum of $3,000, and to W. L. Frady, of Weldon, Arkansas, the sum of $629.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the permanent injuries sustained by the said Betty Lou Frady, and for expenses incurred by W. L. Frady, in a collision between the Newport, Arkansas, public-school automobile bus, in which the said Betty Lou Frady was an authorized student passenger, and an automobile truck owned and negligently operated by the Works Progress Administration on Arkansas State Highway Num- bered 17, near Weldon, Arkansas, on April 26, 1938: 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 11, 1940. 1335 July 11, 1940 [H. R. 5258] [Private, No. 494] Betty Lou Frady. Payments to guard- ianof,andtoW.L. Frady. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 614] AN ACT For the relief of Clifford J. Williams. 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 authorized and directed to credit the account of Clifford J. Williams, postmaster, at Bainbridge, Georgia, in the sum of $10,068.28. Such sum represents a balance due on a shortage in the accounts of John A. Harrison, former assist- ant postmaster, which accrued prior to August 15, 1926, the date of the appointment of the said Clifford J. Williams as postmaster aforesaid. Approved, July 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 615] AN ACT For the relief of certain settlers in the town site of Ketchum, Idaho. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if, within three years from the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that any lot in the town site of Ketchum, Idaho, as shown on the official plat thereof on file in the General Land Office, has been held in good faith in peaceful, adverse possession by a citizen of the United States, his ancestors or grantors, for more than ten years next preceding the date of enactment of this Act under claim or color of title, and that during such time valuable improvements have been placed on such lot, or taxes levied on such lot have been paid, the Secretary may, in his discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may pre- 193470°-41-PT. -- 7 July 11, 1940 [H. R. 7843] [Private, No. 495] Clifford J. Williams. Credit in account of. July I1, 1940 [8. 1251] [Private, No. 496] Ketchum, Idaho. Issuance of land pat- ents to certain citizens of.

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