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 1270 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 259-261-JUNE 6, 1940 [CHAPTER 259] June 6. 1940 [S. 1942] [Private, No. 335] Anna Barbara Kosick. Payment to legal representative ot Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. June 6, 1940 [S. 2268] [Private, No. 336] Roxie Richardson. Payment to. Prvis. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [54 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of the legal representative of Anna Barbara Kosick, deceased. 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 the legal representative of Anna Barbara Kosick, deceased, of Los Angeles, California, the sum of $5,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said legal representative of Anna Barbara Kosick, deceased, on account of the death of her daughter Anna Barbara Kosick on or about the 10th day of September 1937 as the result of injuries sus- tained in a collision involving the car in which the said Anna Barbara Kosick was riding and a Government vehicle in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps at the intersection of Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue, in in the city of Arcadia, county of Los Angeles, State of California: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 260] AN ACT For the relief of Roxie Richardson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amnrica 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 Roxle Richardson, of Hartford, Vermont, the sum of $1,250, in full settlement of her claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical and hospital expenses, and damages sustained by her when the auto- mobile in which she was a passenger was struck by a car owned by the United States and used in connection with the Civilian Conserva- tion camp at Bellows Falls, Vermont, said accident having occurred March 31, 1938, at East Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont: 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 con- trary 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, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 261] June 6, 1940 r0 On1I AN ACT [Private, No. 31 For the relief of Luther Devoe. Luther Dit enacted b the Senate and B ouse of Representatives of the Paymentvoe. te. d States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Luther Devoe, of Houlton, Maine, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal ijuries sus- -

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