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 [55 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 405-407-AUG. 21, 1941 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 con- trary 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 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 406] August 21, 1941 [H. R. 2212] [Private Law 160] Raymond W. Reed and Rose Reed. Payments to. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of Raymond W. Reed and Rose Reed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to Raymond W. Reed, of Trenton, Texas, the sum of $4,089, and to the wife of Raymond W. Reed, Rose Reed, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for per- sonal injuries, property damages, medical and other expenses arising out of an accident, on January 6, 1939, which occurred on United States Highway Numbered 69, approximately two and one-half miles north of Canadian, Oklahoma, involving an automobile driven by an inspector of the Bituminous Coal Commission, on official busi- ness: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess Gf 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 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 407] Alltust 21, 1941 __I. R. 2434 _ (Private Law 161] Margaret 8. Holton. Payment to. Provio. AN ACT For the relief of Margaret S. Holten. 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 Margaret S. Holten, of Salt Lake City, Utah, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising from the death of Mary Schramm Alexander, the mother of the said Mar- garet S. Holten, who died on May 18, 1939, as a result of being struck by a truck driven by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 this 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, August 21, 1941. 954

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