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 980 [CHAPTER 549] November 26, 1941 [H. R. 4587] [Private Law 224] Ray C. McMillen. Payment to. Proeso. AN ACT For the relief of Ray C. McMillen. 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 Ray C. McMillen, of Glenwood, Iowa, the sum of $3,500, in full satis- faction of all his claims against the United States for damages result- ing from his conviction and incarceration in a Federal penitentiary for over seven months for the offense of fraudulently negotiating a check stolen from a letter box, of which offense he later was proven to be innocent, the President granting him an unconditional pardon: 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 550] November 28, 1941 [H. R. 2963] [Private Law 225] James C. Harris. Payment to estate. Profe. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of James C. Harris. 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 $5,000 to the estate of James C. Harris, in full settlement of all claims against the United States of America for the death of James C. Harris, at the hands of Federal prohibition enforcement officers on July 4, 1929, during a raid on the Harris home, situated in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma: 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 28, 1941. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 548 -550 -NOV. 26, 28, 1941 [55 STAT. 16, 1930: 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. Proviso.

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