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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 264-266 --JUNE 6, 1940 [CHAPTER 264] ANA.T June 6, 1940 [H. R. 5459] For the relief of George F. Lewis, administrator of the estate of Margaret R. Lewis. [Private, No. 340] Margaret R. Lewis. Payment to estate of Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. 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 George F. Lewis, of Great Bend, New York, as administrator of the estate of Margaret R. Lewis, the sum of $3,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States as a result of the death of his daughter, Margaret R. Lewis, when struck by a truck in the service of the United States Army on June 1, 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 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 265] June 6, 1940 [H. R. 6552] [Private, No. 341] Mrs. Gottlieb Metz- ger. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. June 6, 1940 [H. R. 6964] [Private, No. 342] Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kaplan. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Gottlieb Metzger. 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 Mrs. Gottlieb Metzger, of Mount Vernon, South Dakota, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained as the result of the accidental and negligent death of her husband, Gottlieb Metzger, while an official automobile passenger engaged upon authorized Fed- eral activity for the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture: 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, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 266] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kaplar. 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 Nathan Kaplan and his wife, Ethel M. Kaplan, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the sum of $200, in full satisfaction of all claims agaist the Government of the United States on account of personal injries and property amae suffered by them on October 27, 1932, when the atomobile in which they were riding was struck by an Army GMC truck, operated by an enlisted man on Allen Street in 1272 [54 STAT.

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