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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 652-654-AUG. 9,1940 Francis G. McDou- gall. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. August 9,1940 [H. R. 2278] [Private, No. 512] Carl Hurt. Payment to. Pro/so. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., iees. Penalty. August 9, 1940 [H. R. 249 [Private, No. 513] against Francis G. McDougall as the result of their being struck by a United States mail truck operated by the said Francis G. McDougall in the regular performance of his duties as an employee of the Post Office Department on October 22, 1934. The balance of the $600 appropriated by this Act shall be paid to Francis G. McDougall, in full settlement of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of the amount paid by him in settlement of judg- ments rendered against him in favor of the said Louis Guillemette and Ernest Ouellette in connection with the accident described: 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, August 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 653] AN ACT For the relief of Carl Hurt 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 Carl Hurt, of Allen County, Kentucky, the sum of $4,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses incurred by him as the result of injuries received from a rock blown from a quarry operated by the Works Progress Administration on the Settle and Scottsville Highway, in Allen County, Kentucky, on February 7, 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 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 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Approved, August 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 654] AN ACT For the relief of Fulton Combs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ton Combs. ited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- riated, to Fulton Combs, of Perry County, Kentucky, the sum of ,00 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for nures and losses sustained by him in a collision with a truck owned by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which occurred on Cutshin Creek, Leslie County,' entucky oon1936, at oon ator aout 230 o'clock p ostmeridian: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriate s Act in excess of 1 per centum thereof 1342 [54 STAT.

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