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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3 D SESS.-CHS. 750-752--OCT. 5, 1940 a gunshot wound inflicted by a Federal Prohibition Agent in the vicinity of Hillsboro, Alabama: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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, October 5, 1940. [CHAPTER 751] AN ACT For the relief of Charles F. Martin, a minor. 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, to the legal guardian of Charles F. Martin, of Boston, Massa- chusetts, a minor, the sum of $1,813.25, upon either the making of an assignment of all rights under, or the filing of a discharge and satisfaction of, a judgment and execution for the sum of $3,055.25 rendered in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts for the county of Suffolk, on March 24, 1938, against William J. Owens, of Boston, Massachusetts, the operator of a truck of the Civilian Conservation Corps, in favor of the said Charles F. Martin, for damages sustained as a result of personal injuries received May 7, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts, when he was struck by the said truck while it was being operated by the same William J. Owens in the regular course of his duties. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained as a result of such injuries: 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, October 5, 1940. [CHAPTER 752] AN ACT For the relief of David J. Williams, Junior, a minor. 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, the sum of $300 to R. Madge Williams, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, as legal guardian of David J. Williams, Junior, a minor, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained by the said David J. Williams, Junior, as the result of an accident on April 17, 1938, on the Sharon-Greenville Road, Pennsylvania, involving a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 1365 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 5, 1940 [H. R. 4724] [Private, No. 6671 Charles F. Martin. Payment to guard- ian of. Conditions. Proovo. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 5,1940 [H. R. 5814] [Private, No. 6681 David J. Williams, Jr. Payment to guard- ian of. Undtatmonant iie etc. INe&

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