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 55STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 171-173-JUNE 3, 1941 [CHAPTER 171] AN ACT For the relief of H. B. Wilson. 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 H. B. Wilson, of Cordele, Georgia, the sum of $1,506, in full satis- faction of all his claims against the United States for personal injuries suffered on January 25, 1940, when he tripped and fell over a heavy cord negligently left by Work Projects Administration workers on Work Projects Administration project numbered 5179: 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, June 3, 1941. [CHAPTER 172] AN ACT For the relief of Charles R. Woods. 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, to Charles R. Woods, formerly a first lieutenant in Company A, Twenty-first Regiment United States Engineers, the sum of $288.78, in full and final settlement of all claims against the United States for loss of personal property in a fire which occurred at Camp Gerard, Sas, France, on March 10, 1918: 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 not- withstanding. 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, June 3, 1941. [CHAPTER 1731 AN ACT For the relief of Marijo McMillan Williams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Marijo McMillan Williams an employee of the Bureau of Engineering, Department of the Navy, be, and is hereby, released from any lia- bility to the United States by reason of being carried on the pay roll in two positions, that of postmaster at Sycamore, Georgia, and as a clerk in the Macon, Georgia, post office during the period August 24, 1924, to March 31, 1925. The Acting Comptroller General of the 278941 ° - 42--r. I- -- 917 June 3, 1941 [H R. 242] [Private Law 71] H. B. Wilson. Payment to. PrOV4o. Jan 3, 1941 [H. R. 25869 [Private Law 72] Charles R. Woods. Payment to. Proriw. Jane 3, 1941 [HR..40731 [Private Lea 73] MarUio McMfllan Williams. Belease arm lf- bility.

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