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 Pr0oo. December 18, 1941 [8. 01] [Private Law 239] Lt. Col. Gordon Smith. Credit in accounts. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 590, 592, 599, 600-DEC. 17, 18, 19, 1941 [55 STAT. one mile north of Kanosh, Utah, on June 23, 1939, said collision being due entirely to the negligence of the driver of said truck: 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 17, 1941. [CHAPTER 592] AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- ler General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Smith, Quartermaster Corps, United States property and disbursing officer, State of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, the sum of $445.89, public funds for which he is accountable, and which were stolen from the office safe in the adjutant general's department on the night of November 28-29, 1939. Approved, December 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 599] December 19, 1941 [S. 334] [Private Law 240] James C. Dyson. Payment to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of James C. Dyson. 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 James C. Dyson, of Parker, Colorado, the sum of $3,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of a collision which occurred when the motorcycle on which he was riding as a passenger was struck by a United States Forest Service truck near Castle Rock, Colorado, on August 19, 1937: 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 19, 1941. [CHAPTER 600] December 19, 1941 [i. 14291 [Private Law 241] AN ACT For the relief of William Corder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wiliam Corder. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Pamen of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William Corder of Sutherlin, Oregon, the sum of $1,536, in full

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