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 937 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 247-249-JUNE 25, 1941 claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 25, 1941. 1CHAPTER 248] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kerley. 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, the sum of $750 to George H. Kerley, and to Mrs. George H. Kerley, the sum of $4,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred, and personal injuries sustained on July 29, 1938, in Kinzel Springs, Tennessee, as the result of a collision with a Civilian Conservation Corps truck: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 25, 1941. [CHAPTER 249] AN ACT For the relief of Charles H. Wright and William Francis Agard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatves 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 Charles H. Wright, of Jackson, Mississippi, the sum of $2,000, and to William Francis Agard, of Jackson, Mississippi, the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received by them on August 15, 1940, when the car in which they were riding collided with a truck driven by Jack Murlett, an employee of the Work Projects Administration: Pro- vided, 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 25, 1941. June 25, 1941 [H. R. 2710] [Private Law 118] George H. Kerley and Mrs. George H. Kerley. Payments to. Provio. June 2, 1941 IH. R.8233 [Private Law 119] Charles H. Wright and William Francis Agard. Payments to. Prviso.

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