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 54STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 121, 122, 141-APR. 20, 22, 1940 [CHAPTER 121] AN ACT For the relief of R. D. Torian. 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 R. D. Torlan, of Weldon, Arkansas, the sum of $3,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for the fatal injuries sustained by his son, William Edward Torian, in a collision between the Newport, Arkansas, public school automobile bus, in which the said William Edward Torian was on authorized student passenger, and an automobile truck owned and negligently operated by the Works Progress Administration on Arkansas State Highway Num- bered 17, near Weldon, Arkansas, on April 26, 1938: 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 20, 1940. 1261 April 20, 1940 [H. R. 5257] [Private, No. 312] R. D. Torian. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 122] AN ACT For the relief of Floyd H. Roberts. 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 is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Floyd H. Roberts, of Bristol, Virginia, the sum of $5,166.66, representing compensation, at the rate provided by law for judges of district courts of the United States, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, for his services as district judge for the period August 1, 1938, to February 6, 1939, both dates inclusive: Povided, 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 20, 1940. April 20 1940 [. B. 6513] [Private, No. 313] Floyd H. Roberts. Payment for serv- ices as district judge authorized. Prtfao. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., feeR. Penalty. [CHAPTER 1411 AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Sciortino. 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 Joseph Sciortino? of Brooklyn, New York, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the value of a Liberty bond deposited with the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York for the release of an alien, Salva- tore Sollano, pending determination of habeas corpus proceedings instituted by said alien to determine the alidity of a wa tof April 22,1940 [Private, No. 314 Joseph Sciortino. Reimbursement of amount ofasty bond antboried.

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