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 55 STAT.] 77TH OONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 510, 511-NOV. 21, 1941 [CHAPTER 510] AN ACT For the relief of Mary, Ethel, and Richard Farrell. 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 Mary Farrell the sum of $1,000, to Ethel Farrell the sum of $300, and to Richard Farrell the sum of $200, of East Providence, Rhode Island, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages and injuries sustained when a Government vehicle, driven by Alexander Moffat, a Federal prohibition agent, skidded on wet pavement, mounted the sidewalk, and struck Mary and Ethel Farrell, on November 27, 1931: 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 agents, attorney or attor- neys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appro- priated 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. SEC. 2. Payment shall not be made under this Act until the above- named claimants have released all of their claims against the said Alexander Moffat, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, November 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 511] AN ACT For the relief of Arnold H. Sommer. 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 Arnold H. Sommer, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained on July 9, 1938, on the North Inlet Trail, about three miles out of Grand Lake Village in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 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, November 21, 1941. 965 278941--42 --T. II - --6 November 21, 1941 [H. R. 2379] [Private Law 187] Mary, Ethel, and Richard Farrell. Payments to. Proviso. Condition. November 21, 1941 [H. R. 24591 [Private Law 188] Arnold H. Sommer. Payment to. Provio.

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