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 54 STAT.] 7 6TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 707-709-SEPT. 4, 1940 [CHAPTER 707] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Guy A. McConoha. 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 authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Guy A. McConoha, of Poplar, Montana, the sum of $425.50 in full satisfaction of all claims of such Mrs. Guy A. McConoha against the United States resulting from the loss sustained by her when dispossessed by the Government of a cer- tain Ford automobile purchased with a like sum by the said Mrs. Guy A. McConoha, such automobile, without her knowledge, having been previously forfeited to the United States under the internal revenue laws and laws relating to the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors among the Indians: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, September 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 708] AN ACT For the relief of John P. Shorter. 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 P. Shorter, of Newport News, Virginia, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses and injuries sustained as a result of a collision involving a United States Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on June 30, 1936: Pro- vided, 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 connec- tion 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, September 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 709] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Suncrest Orchards, Incorporated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Suncrest Orchards, Incorpo- rated, against the United States for damages for the alleged wrong- ful seizure of certain fruit shipped in interstate commerce during the year 1926. SEC. 2. Such claim may be instituted at any time within two years after the passage of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or 1357 September 4, 1940 IS. 760] [Private, No. 647] Mrs. Guy A. Mo- Conoha. Payment to. Provio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. September 4,1940 [. 823] [Private, No. 548] John P. Shorter. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., tees. Penalty. September 4, 1940 [8.927] [Private, No. 49] Suncrest Orchards, Inc. Jurisdiction of Court of Claims to hear claim of. Intitution of aim.

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