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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 379, 386, 387-JUNE 5, 6, 1942 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, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Tom Gentry. 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 the estate of Tom Gentry, of Marion, Illinois, the sum of $3,008. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States by the said estate of Tom Gentry on account of personal injuries sustained by him when the car in which he was riding collided with an automobile in the service of the Work Projects Administration on November 18, 1938, on West Main Street, Marion, Illinois: 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 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 387] AN ACT For the relief of Max Miller and Vera Caroline Miller, and others. 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 Max Miller and Vera Caroline Miller, parents of Lucille Alice Miller, deceased, the sum of $3,000; to Elizabeth Frances Chapman, mother of John Frederick Chapman, deceased, the sum of $3,000; and to Gladys Estella Reid, mother of Caryol Norrine Reid, deceased, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all their claims against the United States for the deaths of Lucille Alice Miller, John rederick Chap- man. and Caryol Norrine Reid, respectively, who died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident between the automobile in which they were riding and a United States Army truck driven by Private James Duncan at the intersection of Illinois State Route 22 and U. S. Route 45 at Half Day, so-called, on March 1, 1941: 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 6, 1942. June 6, 1942 [H. B. 6797] [Private Law 436] Tom Gentry. Payment to estate of. Proviso. June 6, 1942 [S. 1732] [Private Law 4371 Max Miller and Vera Caroline Miller, and others. Payments to. Provio. 1179

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