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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 788-790-DEC. 19, 1942 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, December 19, 1942. [CHAPTER 789] AN ACT For the relief of Grover C. Wedgwood. 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 Grover C. Wedgwood, Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, the sum of $4,732.10, upon either the making of an assignment of all rights under, or the filing of a discharge and satisfaction of, a judgment (including costs) for a like sum rendered in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the county of Clark on January 5, 1942, against C. Stuber Miller an employee of the Department of Agriculture, in favor of the said Grover C. Wedgwood in a suit for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by the said Grover C. Wedgwood on January 10, 1941, near Goldendale, Washington, when the automobile in which he was a passenger was in collision with an automobile in the service of the Department of Agriculture while it was being operated by the said C. Stuber Miller in the performance of his duties. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained as a result of such injuries: 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 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, December 19, 1942. 1253 December 19, 1942 [H. R. 7168] [Private Law 619] Grover C. Wedg- wood. Payment to; condi- tion. [CHAPTER 790] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. J. C. Tommey. 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, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, the sum of $3,500 to Mrs. J. C. Tommey, of Atlanta, Georgia, for personal injuries received as the result of being struck by a truck driven by an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps on October 4 1936: 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 ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 19, 1942. December 19, 1942 [H. R. 71711 [Private Law 6201 Mrs J. C. Tommey. Payment to.

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