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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 207, 208, 220 -JUNE 14, 17, 21, 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 207] AN ACT For the relief of Jess W. Harmon. June 14, 1941 [S. 1156] (Private Law 95] Jess W. Harmon. Payment to. Provo. [CHAPTER 208] June 7 1941 18. 212 (Private Law 96] Arvy A. Lothman. Payment to. Iroieo. AN ACT For the relief of Arvy A. Lothman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in kCongress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Arvy A. Lothman, assistant meteorologist, United States Weather Bureau, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, the sum of $600, in full settlement of claim for loss and damage to household effects by fire and water while said household effects were being transported from San Francisco to Boston in March 1939, via the steamship Texan of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, in consequence of change of station: 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 17, 1941. [CHAPTER 220] June 21, 1941 [H. R. 241] (Private Law 97] AN ACT For the relief of Jesse W. Pitts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen.tatives of the JpmW.Pit's. 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 Jesse W. Pitts, of Round Lake, New York, the sum of $1,953.20, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for injuries received when struck by wreckage from a United States Army air- Prio. plane when it collided with another United States Army airplane and crashed at Round Lake, New York, on August 9, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 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 Jess W. Harmon, the sum of $4,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for permanent personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident in which his car was struck by a truck driven by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps who was acting in the scope of his employment on July 7, 1939, near Mus- kogee, Oklahoma: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- prnated 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 14, 1941. 928

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