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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 755, 766, 767-OCT. 5, 8, 1940 [CHAPTER 755] AN ACT For the relief of Joe L. McQueen. 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 Joe L. McQueen, of Biloxi, Mississippi, the sum of $500, in full and final settlement of any and all claims against the United States for injuries received when he was struck by an Army truck on Mississippi State Highway Numbered 57 twelve miles north of Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 8, 1938: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated by 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 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, October 5, 1940. [CHAPTER 766] AN ACT For the relief of Ben L. Kessinger and M. Carlisle Minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Home Owners' Loan Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the following-named persons the sums hereinafter specified, in full satisfaction of their claims against the Home Owners' Loan Corpora- tion for services rendered as employees of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation: Ben L. Kessinger, of Lexington, Kentucky, $125 for his salary for the month of October 1934 as assistant district counsel for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation at its Lexington, Kentucky, office; M. Carlisle Minor, of Danville, Kentucky, $175 for his salary for the month of October 1934 as assistant district counsel for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation at its Lexington, Kentucky, office; and M. Carlisle Minor, $85.20 for his services as fee attorney in Boyle County, Kentucky, for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount paid pursuant to this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claim, 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 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 767] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Alfred Batrack. 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 Dawson B. Taylor, as administrator of the estate of Alfred Batrack, formerly of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $1,034.95 in full settlement 193470-° -41-PT. 11-9 1367 October 5, 1940 [H. R. 7139] [Private, No. 571] Joe L. McQueen. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 8, 1940 [H. R. 1183] [Private, No. 572] Ben L. Kesslnger and M. Carlisle Minor. Payments to. Proeiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 8, 1940 [H. R. 1912] [Private, No. 573] Alfred Batrack. Payment to admin- istrator of estate of.

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