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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 546-548 -NOV. 26, 1941 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Anna Aebi and Fred Aebi, of Monmouth, Oregon, the sum of $4,226.45 in full satisfaction of their claim against the United States for property damage and personal injuries suffered on May 17, 1938, about twelve miles southwest of Dallas, Oregon, when the automobile in which they were riding was struckby a motortruck owned by the United States and driven by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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, November 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 547] AN ACT For the relief of Harold E. Marquis. 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 Harold E. Marquis, of Charleston, West Virginia, doing business under the title of Charleston Machine and Welding Company, the sum of $1,400, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by him by the failure of George B. Stetson Company, of Boston Massachusetts, to pay said Marquis for labor and expense entailed as a subcontractor under said Stetson Company, who held a contract with the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the United States Navy for the dismantling and removal of four boilers and appurtenances then located at the Naval Ordnance Plant, South Charleston, West Virginia: 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 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 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 548] AN ACT For the relief of Rhoda J. Blackstone as executrix of the estate of John K. Black- stone, 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, the sum of $2,899.80 to Rhoda J. Blackstone, executrix of the estate of John K. Blackstone, deceased, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries suffered by him when he was struck by an Army motorcycle in San Antonio, Texas, on January November 26, 1941 [H. R. 3086] [Private Law 222] Harold E. Marquis. Payment to. Provio. November 26, 1941 [H. R. 3270] [Private Law 223] John K. Blackstone. Payment to estate. 979 Proviso.

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