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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 600, 601, 606 , 607-DEC. 19, 20, 1941 settlement of all his claims against the United States for personal injuries and medical expenses suffered by him as a result of an auto- mobile accident which occurred on the Pacific Highway 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 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 601] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph V. Broderick. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- ler General is authorized and directed to allow credit in the account of Joseph V. Broderick, collector of internal revenue for the district of Rhode Island, in the sum of $1,000, representing the value of cer- tain stock-transfer internal-revenue stamps which have been lost by his office. . Approved, December 19, 1941. [CHAPTER 606] AN ACT For the relief of the Kennelly Furniture 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, the sum of $135.66 to the Kennelly Furniture Company of Mandan, North Dakota, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for the unpaid balance of the funeral expenses borne by such company with respect to the burial of Redtomahawk, formerly an Indian Scout, United States Army who died in 1931: 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 20, 1941. [CHAPTER 607] AN ACT For the relief of Walter M. Anderson. 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 December 19, 1911 [S. 160] [Private Law 242] Joseph V. Broder- ic. Credit in account. December 20, 1941 [S. 1244] [Private Law 243] Kennelly Furniture Company. Payment to. ProVo. December 20, 1911 [S. 1428] [Private Law 244] Walter M. Ander- son. Payment to. 987 .ProVo.

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