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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 22, 27, 28-MAR. 17, 23, 1941 October 17, 1940, inclusive, at the rate of $2,300 per annum: 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 service rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary 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, March 17, 1941. [CHAPTER 27] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Joe L. McQueen. 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 the estate of Joe L. McQueen, deceased, formerly of Biloxi, Mississippi, the sum of $500, in full and final settlement of any and all claims against the United States for injuries received when he was struck by an Army truck on Mississippi State Highway Numbered 57, twelve miles north of Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 8, 1938: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated by 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, March 23, 1941. [CHAPTER 28] AN ACT For the relief of Edith Platt. 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 Edith Platt, Fort Crook, Nebraska, the sum of $750. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States by the said Edith Platt on account of damages sustained by her when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a truck in the service of the Works Progress Administration on March 31, 1939, on Federal Highway Numbered 75, near Fort Crook, Nebraska: 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, March 23, 1941. March 23, 1941 [H. R. 27031 [Private Law ]i Joe L. McQueen. Payment to estate of. Promo. March 23, 1941 [H. R. S440] (Private Law 6] Edith Ptlat. Payment to. 889

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