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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 63, 64 -FEB. 10, 1942 [CHAPTER 63] AN ACT For the relief of Esco Wood. 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 Esco Wood, of Heiskell, Tennessee, the sum of $665, in full satisfac- tion of his claim against the United States for damages sustained by him through the wrecking and destruction of a ton and a half Chevrolet truck owned by him, which on June 22, 1935, was run into and struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, No. 36854, which at the time was driven by M. E. Hayes, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, on Highway No. 11, in Grainger County, Ten- nessee; such payment to be conditioned upon the release of said M. E. Hayes from all liability for the payment of such damages: 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 wit 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, February 10, 1942. [CHAPTER 64] AN ACT For the relief of G. T. Elliott, Incorporated. 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 G. T. Elliott, Incorporated, of Hampton, Virginia, the sum of $203.16 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage sustained by the said G. T. Elliott, Incorporated, from colli- sion of one of its boats with an anchor previously lost in the Norfolk area by a naval vessel of the United States and in settlement of actual expenses incurred by the said G. T. Elliott, Incorporated in recovering the said anchor for the United States the said anchor after recovery having been delivered by the said G. T. Elliott, Incorpo- rated, to the officials of the United States and accepted by them: Pro- vided, 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, February 10, 1942. 1103 February 10, 1942 [H. R. 5085] [Private Law 262] Esco Wood. Payment to. Proviso. February 10, 1942 [H. R. 5390] [Private Law 263] G. T. Elliott, Inc. Payment to. Provlo.

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