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 PRIVATE LAWS ENACTED DURING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, January 3, 1940, and termi- nated on Friday, January 3, 1941 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President; JOHN N. GARNER, Vice President; KEY PITTMAN, President of the Senate pro tempore; MORRIS SHEPPARD, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, July 25, 1940; ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, August 31-September 5, 1940; WILLIAM H. KING, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 18, October 14-November 18, and elected President of the Senate pro tempore November 19, 1940; KENNETH MCKELLAR, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, October 9-13, 1940; WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore, February 7-19, April 2- May 6, September 11-15, and elected Speaker of the House of Representatives September 16, 1940; JOHN W. MCCORMACK, Speaker of the House of Represent- atives pro tempore, December 5-18, 1940; WILLIAM P. COLE, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore, December 19, 1940-January 2, 1941. [CHAPTER 4] AN ACT January 17,1940 For the relief of certain workers performing emergency work at Cairo, Illinois, [H. R. 30511 in the Ohio River flood of 1937. [Private, No. 265 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to determine the claims of persons who performed emergency work in the protection of Cairo, Illinois, during the Ohio River flood between January 24, 1937, and February 3, 1937, both inclusive, at an hourly wage of 30 cents, and to pay same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed $22,000 to be used in the execution of section 1 of this Act. SEC. 3. Application for payment under this Act shall be made by or on behalf of the persons entitled thereto within one year from the date of its approval, and payment hereunder shall be accepted in full settlement of such claims against the United States: 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 these claims, 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, January 17, 1940. 1 [Died November 10, 1940, 12:35 a. m .] [Died September 15, 1940, 1:35 a. m.] 1241 Cairo, 111. Determination and payment of claims for emergency work, 1937. Appropriation. Time for filing claim. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty.

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