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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 711-713-SEPT. 4, 1940 on account of personal injuries received by the said Violet Knowlen, when the said Violet Knowlen was struck on September 30, 1938, one mile north of Garrison, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, in front of the Borden Lake School House, on highway numbered 18, by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck operating under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, September 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 712] AN ACT For the relief of Hazel Thomas. 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 Hazel Thomas, of Yorba Linda, California, the sum of $3,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage received when the vehicle in which she was riding was struck on the Angelus Crest Highway, approximately four miles south of Charle- ton Flats, Los Angeles County, California, about 6 postmeridian on June 24, 1938, by a Forest Service truck numbered 2116: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, September 4, 1940. 1359 Procite. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. September 4, 1940 [H. R. 6061] [Private, No. 652] Hazel Thomas. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 713] AN ACT For the relief of Pearl Waldrep Stubbs. 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 Pearl Waldrep Stubbs, mother of Clarence Waldrep, deceased, for- merly of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $1,750. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of said Clarence Waldrep on May 4, 1938, when struck by an automobile belonging to the United States Govern- ment, at the time being driven by Clarence P. Rossner an investigator for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, United States Government, and who at the time was on duty and engaged in his regular duties as an employee of the United States Government: 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 September 4, 1940 [H. R. 6334 [Private, No. 5631 Pearl Waldrep Stubbs. Payment to. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., in&

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