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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 543, 544-JULY 2, 1940 [CHAPTER 543] July 2, 1940 [H. R. 78801 [Private, No. 443] Edna Emery. Payment to. Previso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For relief of Edna Emery. 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 Edna Emery, of 271 Stevens Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, the sum of $541.65 in full settlement of all claims against the Gov- ernment of the United States for personal injuries and losses sus- tained by her as a result of an accident September 11, 1937, when her automobile was struck by a United States Army truck from Fort Williams, Maine, at the intersection of Highway 125 (Chicker- ing Road) and Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, Massachu- setts, the truck being operated by a member of the Army while in the performance of his duties as a member of said organization: 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, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 544] AN ACT July 2, 1940 [H. R. 7914] For the relief of Simon A. Brieger, as legal representative of the estate of Thomas [Private, No. 4441 Gerald Brieger, a deceased minor. Simon A. Brieger. Payment to. 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 Simon A. Brieger of Mississippi, as legal representative of the estate of Thomas Gerald Brieger a deceased minor, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Thomas Gerald Brieger, who was fatally injured on March 14, 1939, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, by a truck operated by the Work Projects Administration: 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 serv- ices rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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, July 2, 1940. 1312 [54 STAT.

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