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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG.. 1ST SESS.-CHS. 150, 151, 154 -MAY 28, 29, 1941 [CHAPTER 150] AN ACT For the relief of Foot's Transfer and Storage Company, Limited. 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 Foot's Transfer and Storage Company Limited, the sum of $750. The payment of such sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such company against the United States for compensation for the handling of additional mails through the San Pedro (California) Post Office by reason of the longshoremen's and seamen's strike during 1939 and 1940: 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, May 28, 1941. May 28, 1941 [H. R. 1151] [Private Law 661 Foot's Transfer and Storage Co., Ltd. Payment to. Proviso. [CHAPTER 151] AN A£T For the relief of W. A. Facht. 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 W. A. Facht, of Red Bluff, California, the sum of $150, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States, as the result of the loss of a bay riding horse, being ridden by W. J. Brokenshire, forest ranger, United States Forest Service, on October 12, 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 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 154] AN ACT For the relief of Sophrania Holmes. 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 topay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sophrania Holmes, of Jasper County, Texas, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received as a result of a collision with a Civilian Conser- vation Corps truck and the private car in which Sophrania Holmes was a passenger on November 28, 1935, on Highway Numbered 63, May 28, 1941 [H. R. 1678] [Private Law 67] W. A. Facht. Payment to. Proviso. May 29, 1941 [H. R. 3828] [Private Law 68] Sopbrania Holmes. Payment to.

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