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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.- ('IS. 51-:3- IAP'. 10, 1041 the sum of $3,304.80, in full settlement of all claims for personal injuries arising out of a collision between an automobile driven by Mrs. B . H. Russell and a Forest Service truck on October 13, 1939 on the Oak Creek Highway in Arizona: 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, April 10, 1941. [CHAPTER 52] AN ACT For the relief of Elmer Lindrud. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary 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 $261, to Elmer Lindrud, of Carrington, North Dakota, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compen- sation for damages to his truck, which was under lease to the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for use in connec- tion with the Prairie States forestry project, such truck having been wrecked while being operated by Everett L. Johnson, an employee of the Department of Agriculture, on May 11, 1939: 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, April 10, 1941. [CHAPTER 63] AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to adjust and settle the claim of J. H. Redding, Incorporated. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of J. H. Redding, Incorporated, for refund of a marking duty paid under protest to the collector of customs at the port of New York, on July 26 1937, under free entry numbered 304106, and to allow in full and final settlement of such claim an amount not to exceed the sum of $999.40. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $999.40 for the payment of said claim: 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 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, April 10, 1941. April 10, 1941 [S.282] [Private Law 20 Elmer Lindrud., Payment to. Proviso. April 10, 1941 Is. 807] [Private Law 21] J. H. Redding In Settlement of tim. Appropriatin. Proviso. 895 Proviso.

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