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 984 [CHAPTER 575] December 15, 1941 [S. 1363] (Private Law 234] Sioux Skyways, Inc. Payment to. Prowf. December 15, 1941 [S. 1430] tPrivate Law 235] Ivan Richard Witcher and Nellie Witcher. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Sioux Skyways, Incorporated. 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, the sum of $1,750 to Sioux Skyways, Incorporated, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in full satis- faction of its claim against the United States for damages sustained to its Luscombe Landplane NC 28609, growing out of a collision with United States Navy J2F-3 airplane numbered 1571 at the Sioux Falls Municipal Airport, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on March 13, 1941: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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, December 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 576] AN ACT For the relief of Ivan Richard Witcher and Nellie Witcher. 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 Ivan Richard Witcher and Nellie Witcher, the father and mother respectively, of William Dale Witcher, a minor, who was killed in an automobile accident which occurred on the Pacific High- way, United States Numbered 99, about three miles south of Sutherlin, Oregon, on July 31, 1940, when the truck in which he was riding was struck by a truck owned by the United States and operated by the United States Army: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 15, 1941. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 560, 575, 576-DEC. 5, 15, 1941 [55 STAT. United States Marine Corps, the sum of $7,074.54, in full satisfac- tion of all claims against the United States for the loss of per- sonal property of the late Colonel Richard M. Cutts, United States Marine Corps, on April 26, 1930, in a fire which destroyed his place of residence while on duty at Port au Prince, Haiti: 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, December 5, 1941.

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