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 [CHAPTER 29] March 23, 1941 _ H. R. 3441] [Private Law 7] Daisy Fitzpatrick. Payment to. [55 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Daisy Fitzpatrick. 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 Daisy Fitzpatrick, of Papillion, Nebraska, the sum of $1,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States by the said Daisy Fitzpatrick on account of per- sonal injuries 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 notwith- standing. 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 331 April 1, 1941 [H. R. 29981 [Private Law 8] M. F. O'Donnell. Credit in postal accounts. Proviso. April 1, 1941 [H R. 2999] [Private Law 9] Henry L. Munt. Credit in postal ac- counts. AN ACT For the relief of M. F. O'Donnell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of M. F. O'Donnell, postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio, with the sum of $18,211.10, representilng the amount of money and postage stamps lost in the burglary of tilh post office at Cleveland, Ohio, on December 31, 1938, such loss having resulted from no fault or negligence on the part of said postmaster, as determined by the Postmaster General under a provision in title 39, United States Code, section 49: 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 notwithstand- ing. 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, April 1, 1941. [CHAPTER 34] AN ACT For the relief of Henry L. Munt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Henry L. Munt, postmaster at Hopewell, Virginia, with the sum of $10,908.91, representing the 890 MRIar. 232 1941 P'RIVATE IAWS--CHS. 29, 33, 34 Apr. 1,1941

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