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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 341-343-JULY 30, 1941 companies on account of liability incurred under contracts of insur- ance when a United States Naval airplane crashed, on December 5, 1938, into the residence garage owned by Commander H. S. Kendall, United States Navy, 850 J Avenue, Coronado, California, the insured under such contracts: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 30, 1941. [CHAPTER 342] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Batchelor. 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 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Batchelor, of Overton, Texas, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, and property damage sustained in a collision on December 24, 1938, near Minden, Louisiana, when the automobile in which they were passengers was struck by a truck owned by the Department of Agriculture: 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, July 30, 1941. [CHAPTER 343] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johns. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives 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 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johns, of Artesia, New Mexico, the sum of $1,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johns on account of personal injuries and prop- erty damage inflicted on November 18, 1938, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck, twenty miles east of Weather- ford, Oklahoma, by a car driven by Lanson D. Mitchell, projects supervisor for the Works Progress Administration (now Work Projects Administration) while said Lanson D. Mitchell was engaged in performance of his official duties: 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 Prfvwo. July 30, 1941 [H. R. 3801] [Private Law 143) Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Batchelor. Payment to. Provis July 30, 1941 [H. R. 8943] [Private Law 144] Mr.and Mrs. J. W. Johns. Payment to.

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