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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 439-442-OCT. 14, 1941 ful, 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, October 14, 1941. [CHAPTER 440] October 14, 1941 [S. 1392] [Private Law 169] Homer J. Swope. Credit in postal ac- counts. October 14, 1941 [S. 1398] [Private Law 170] Elinor Leugers. Payment to. Provao. October 14 1941 it. 179UM [Private Law I. M. Cook others. Jurisdiction of( to hear claims. AN ACT For the relief of Homer J. Swope. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Homer J. Swope at Quincy, Illinois, with the sum of $985.79, representing the amount of postal funds and money order funds lost in the burglary of the post office at Quincy, Illinois, on December 3, 1939. Approved, October 14, 1941. [CHAPTER 441] AN ACT For the relief of Elinor Leugers. 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 Elinor Leugers, dependent mother of the late LeRoy Leugers, machinist's mate, second class, United States Coast Guard, who died aboard the Pandora on October 14, 1939, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate said LeRoy Leugers was entitled to receive at the date of his death: 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, October 14, 1941. [CHAPTER 442] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western 1 71] District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgments upon the claims against the United States of I. M. Cook, J. J. Allen, Radiator Specialty Company, and the R. and W. Motor Lines, Incorporated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the nd United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is Court hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the West- ern District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judg- ments upon the claims against the United States of I. M. Cook, of Charlotte, North Carolina; J. J. Allen, of Charlotte North Carolina; Radiator Specialty Company, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and the R. and W. Motor Lines, Incorporated, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for damages allegedly sustained by each by reason of a fire which destroyed a building, known as the Cook Body Company Building, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in December 1938, such fire having started 958 [55 STAT.

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