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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 524-526-NOV. 21, 1941 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, November 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 525] AN ACT For the relief of the Macon County Oil Company. 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 J. H. Lamar, of Tuskegee, Alabama, as trustee for the Macon County Oil Company, the sum of $4,738.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the amount found by the Court of Claims to be due from the United States under Congressional Reference Case Numbered 17373, decided October 7, 1940: 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 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, November 21, 1941. November 21, 1941 [H. R. 4415] [Private Law 202] Macon County Oil Company. Payment to J. H. Lamar as trustee for. Prodio. [CHAPTER 526] AN ACT For the relief of Albert DeMatteis. 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 Albert DeMatteis, Columbus, Ohio, the sum of $5,000 at the rate of $50 per month for one hundred months. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Albert DeMatteis against the United States for personal injuries sustained on June 28, 1940, when he was struck by a piece of timber while employed in the carpenter shop in the United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia. The said Albert DeMatteis is totally blind as the result of such accident: Provided, That upon the death of Albert DeMatteis the unpaid sum, if any, shall be paid to his estate: Provided further, 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 notwith- standing. 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, November 21, 1941. November 21, 1941 [H. R. 4437] [Private Law 203] Albert DeMattels. Payment to. Prowi. 971

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