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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 377-379-JUNE 5, 1942 June 5, 1942 [H. R. 6365] [Private Law 434] Commander Cato D. Glover. Payment to. June 5, 1942 [H. R. 6748] [Private Law 436] Fred Farner and guardian of Doris M. Schroeder. Payments to. Proviso. is supposed to be entitled to in said lands, in favor of all persons, estates, firms, or corporations, who, had the claim heretofore been confirmed, would be the equitable or true and lawful owners of the same by reason of long continuous possession under color of title with claim of ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Louisiana, including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 378] AN ACT For the relief of Commander Cato D. Glover. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Commander Cato D. Glover, United States Navy, the sum of $1,421.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Com- mander Cato D. Glover against the United States on account of damage to his household effects while such effects were en route from Paris, France, to the United States. The said Commander Cato D. Glover was serving as Assistant Naval Attache and Assistant Naval Attache for Air at the American Embassy in Paris at the time of the German invasion and was ordered to folow the French Gov- ernment to Vichy. On or about October 29, 1940, the household effects of the said Commander Cato D. Glover were shipped from Paris by authority of the Navy Department, and arrived in the United States more than four months later in a badly damaged con- dition: 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, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 379] AN ACT For the relief of Fred Farner and Doris M. Schroeder. 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 Fred Farner, Prairie View, Illinois, the sum of $3,000 for the death of his daughter Barbara Frances Farner, a minor, who was killed on August 29, 1940. and to the legal guardian of Doris M. Schroeder, of Prairie View, Illinois, the sum of $3,000, for personal injuries sus- tained on August 29, 1940, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, when they were struck while standing on a sidewalk in Half-Day, Illinois, by a United States Government ambulance 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with 1178 [56 STAT.

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