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 PRIVATE IAWS-CHS. 791-793-DEC. 19, 1942 [CHAPTER 791] December 19, 1942 [H. R. 7185] [Private Law 621] Mrs. James Q. Mat- tox. Payment to. [56 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. James Q. Mattox. 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 Mrs. James Q. Mattox, Henderson, Texas, the sum of $2,190.55. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. James Q. Mattox against the United States on account of personal injuries and property damage sustained by her on September 29 1941, when the automobile which she was driving on High- way Numbered 26, near Henderson, Texas, was struck by a United States Army motorcycle: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, December 19, 1942. [CHAPTER 792] AN ACT For the relief of Madeline Fiorl. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Madeline Fiori. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Madeline Fiori the sum of $5,407.43, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her on June 6, 1941, when she was struck by a United States Army truck operated by Private Orvile Parsons, at the intersection of the Gover- nor Ritchie Highway, Sixth Avenue and Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn prveob. Heights, Maryland: 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 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. December 19, 1942 [H. R. 7518] [Private Law 623] Bernice Pyke and others. Credit in accounts: condition. [CHAPTER 793] AN ACT For the relief of Bernice Pyke, Arthur P. Fenton, Carl E. Moore, and Clifford W. Pollock. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the assignment to the United States by Bernice Pyke, collector of customs at the port of Cleveland, Ohio, Arthur P. Fenton and Carl E. Moore. former collectors of customs at the port of Cleveland, Ohio, and Clifford W. Pollock, former acting collector of customs at the port of Cleveland, Ohio, of their rights of recovery under a bond dated March 28, 1927, from Edwin M. McCarty as principal and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Maryland as surety to 1254 December 19, 1942 [H. R. 7357] [Private Law 822]

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