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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS. - CHS. 381-383-AUG. 18, 1941 of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of an employee of the War Department while driving an Army truck on February 16, 1940: 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, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 382] AN ACT AN ACT August 18, 1941 For the relief of Lewis Jones. [H. R. 2783] [Private Law 1a] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Uis 3ones. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lewis Jones, of Ben Hur, Arkansas, the sum of $1,510, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of an automobile accident in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 13, 1931, while he was a Federal prisoner in the custody of, and riding in the car driven by, a prohibition agent of the Department of Justice: 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 convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 383] At' ACT Augut 8I1MI For the relief of Tony Cirone. [H. R.e40La] _ IPrivate Law 1M] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Sec- Tony Oro retary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed me to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Tony Cirone, of Trinidad, Colorado, the sum of $100, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of damages to a truck belonging to the said Tony Cirone while the same was being used on a project of the Works Progress Administration on August 31, 1938: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated g. 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, August 18, 1941. 951

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