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 PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 120-122-MAY 15, 17, 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 120] May 15,1941 [S. 1104] (Private Law 50] William A. Wheeler. Payment to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of William A. Wheeler. 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 William A. Wheeler, of Hurricane, West Virginia, the sum of $600 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for injuries suffered when acting on May 8, 1939, as a volunteer fire fighter in an explosion of a kerosene tank on a Works Progress Administration road project in attempting to save property endangered by the explosion: 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 ren- dered in connection with said 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, May 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 121] May 17, 1941 [S. 248] [Private Law 61] John 0. Hunter. Payment to. Proviso. May 17,1941 s. 309] [Private Law 52] Dr. Morris B. Toubman. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of John G. Hunter. Be it enacted by the Senate a.id 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 John G. Hunter, the sum of $1,181.43, representing deductions made from his retirement funds and deposited to the credit of the United States by certificate of deposit numbered 9187, dated October 27, 1939, in settlement of the disallowances in his accounts raised by the General Accounting Office in certificates of settlement numbered G-92328, dated January 11, 1939, and G-92985, dated May 25, 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 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, May 17, 1941. (CHAPTER 122] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Morris B. Toiibman. 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 Doctor Morris B. Toubman, of Hartford, Connecticut, the sum of $2,117.50, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States

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