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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 98, 99-APR. 13, 1940 [IT APTiR 981 April 13, 1940 [8.1372] [Private, No. 302] W. B. Tucker and others. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of W. B. Tucker, Helen W. Tucker, Lonie Meadows, and Susie Meadows. 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 W. B. Tucker the sum of $5,000, to Helen W. Tucker the sum of $1,475.70, to Lonie Meadows the sum of $546.29, and to Susie Meadows the sum of $1,192.68, all residents of Louisburg, North Carolina, in full settlement of any and all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical expenses, and property damage suffered by them as a result of an automobile accident which occurred on North Carolina State Highway 56 on June 9, 1936, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a truck owned by the United States Soil Conservation Service and operated by one John W. Prather, an employee of the Soil Conservation Service: 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, April 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 99] AN ACT Granting jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to reopen and readjudicate the case of Carrie Howard Steedman and Eugenia Howard Edmunds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Carrie tHoward United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Court of Steedman and Eu- gonia Howard El- Claims be, and it is hereby, vested with jurisdiction and directed to C"odut of Claims reopen and readjudicate the case of Carrie Howard Steedman and diected to radu Eugenia Howar Edmunds against the United States, numbered E-563, decided February 28, 1927, and reported in volume 63, Court of Claims Reports, at page 226, upon the evidence heretofore sub- mitted to the said court in the said cause, giving due weight in such readjudication to any decision of the Supreme Court of the United States rendered since February 28, 1927, construing the relevant pro- visions of the applicable statutes, particularly the identical terms of 40 stt. 1097; 42 section 402 of the Revenue Acts of 1918 and 1921, and if such Court of Claims in such readjudication shall find upon said evidence that, under the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1921, the plaintiffs are entitled to a judgment under the relevant statutes, as now construed by the Supreme Court of the United States, particularly the terms of Judgment. section 402 of the Revenue Acts of 1918 and 1921, then the court shall enter its judgment in favor of the said Carrie Howard Steedman and Eugenia Howard Edmunds in said cause for such sums as said evidence will justify, not to exceed the amount claimed in the original petition in the Court of Claims, with interest as provided by law. Approved, April 13, 1940. April 13, 1940 [S. 1962] [Private, No. 303] [54 STAT. 1256

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