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 PRIVATE LAWS--GHS. 103, 104 , 08f- -MAY 9, 12 , 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 103] MIay 9, 1941 [H. R. 2006] [Private Law 40] Ben Torian and Joe J. McDonald. Payments to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of Ben Torian and Joe J. McDonald. 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 Ben Torian, of Weldon, Arkansas, the sum of $3,500, and to Joe J. McDonald, of Weldon, Arkansas, the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for fatal injuries sustained by their children, Fannie Lou Torian, and Joseph Johnson McDonald, in a collision of the Newport, Arkansas, public school automobile bus, in which they were authorized student passengers, and an auto- mobile truck operated by the Works Progress Administration on Arkansas State Highway Numbered 17, near Weldon, Arkansas, on April 26, 1938: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlaw- ful, 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, May 9, 1941. [CHAPTER 104] AA May 9, 1941 A.iN At1 [H.R. 4063] To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render [Private Law 41] judgment upon the claim of Herbert M. Gregory. iHerbert M. (reg- ory. Jurisdiction con- ferred upon Court of Claims to hear, etc., claim of. Appropriation au- thorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asssnbled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any pro- vision of law to the contrary, the claim against the United States of Herbert M. Gregory, of El Dorado, Arkansas, for damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the loss of and on certain property owned by him in Los Angeles, California, due to liens filed against such property in the year 1931, by the collector of internal revenue at Los Angeles, California. Such suit shall be brought within six months from the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be necessary to pay the amount of any judgment rendered pur- suant to this Act. The amount of such judgment shall be payable by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the presentation of a duly authenticated copy of the judgment of the Court of Claims. Approved, May 9, 1941. [CHAPTER 108] ANT A(T May 12,1941 . I[HR. 59] For the relief of special tax school districts numbr(-(l 2, 3, 4, and 5, Broward [Private Law 42] County, Florida. Certain special tax school districts, Brow- ard County, Fla. Payments to. 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 special tax school district numbered 2, Broward County, Florida, the sum of $100; to the special tax school district numbered 3, Broward 904

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