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 1360 Penalty. September 4, 1940 [H. R. 86061 [Private, No. 654] Mary Janiec and Ignatz Janiec. Payment to. Provio. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 713, 714, 716-SEPT. 4, 6, 1940 [54 STAT. 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 or persons 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 714] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Janiec and Ignatz Janiec. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 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 appropri- ated, the sum of $3,000 to Mary Janiec and Ignatz Janiec, of Passaic, New Jersey, in full settlement of all claims against the United States Government on account of the death of her son, Adam Janiec on August 1, 1939, from injuries sustained while riding on a motor- cycle on July 28, 1939, on River Drive, Passaic, New Jersey, because of negligence on the part of employees of the Work Projects Admin- istration engaged in work on Work Projects Administration project numbered 6114-16: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 per- son 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 716] September 6, 1940 AN ACT [8 . 813] To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Lester P. Barlow [Private, No. _551 against the United States. Lester P. Barlow. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at. torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 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 appropriated to Lester P. Barlow the sum of $592,719.21, in full settlement of his aerial torpedo patent-infringement claim against the United States as found by the Court of Claims to be due him in its decision of June 7, 1937: 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 serv- ices rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 6, 1940.

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