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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 250, 253, 256 -JUNE 25, 26, 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 250] June 25, 1941 [H. R. 3520] [Private Law 120] Gustav Schmidt. Payment to. Provso. June 25, 1941 [H. R. 4064] [Private Law 121] W. R. Larkin and Dora Larkin. Substitution of des- ignated amount as payment. 54 Stat. 1280. Provico. June 26, 1941 [H.R. 673] [Private Law 122] Roche, Connell and Laub Construction Co. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Gustav Schmidt. 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 m the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, the sum of $2,500 to Gustav Schmidt, of South San Francisco, California, on account of injuries sustained on July 24, 1926, when struck by a United States Army touring car: 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 25, 1941. [CHAPTER 253] AN ACT For the relief of W. R. Larkin and Dora Larkin, in connection with the construc- tion, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Acts of June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 1363), and June 11, 1940 (Private, Numbered 362, Seventy-sixth Congress), for the relief of certain individuals named therein in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho, are hereby supplemented and further amended by authorizing payment, pursuant to the provisions of said Acts, of the sum of $4,000 to W. R. Larkin and Dora Larkin, in lieu of the payment of the sum of $2,000 to W. R. Larkin, as therein authorized: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall accord recognition to any valid assignment executed by W. R. Larkin and Dora Larkin to the Fort Hall Water Users' Association of all or any part of the amount herein authorized for payment to them. Approved, June 25, 1941. [CHAPTER 2561 AN ACT For the relief of Roche, Connell and Laub Construction Company. 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 Roche, Connell and Laub Construction Company, of Cincinnati Ohio, such amount not in excess of $12,201.67 as may be certified by the Comptroller General of the United States but exclusive of any allowance for profit, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for repairs made by Roche Connell and Laub Construction Company to the new post office building at Portsmouth, Ohio, as a result of flood damages to such building beginning January 21, 1937, while such building was under construction, in accordance with contract numbered T1-PW-2273, dated June 18,

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