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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 213 -215-APR. 6, 1942 [CHAPTER 213] April 6, 1942 [H. R. 44641 [Private Law 346] Henry J. McClos- key. Payment to. Provfo. April, 1942 [H. R. 45571 [Private Law 347] O. B. Triplett, Jr. Payment to, execu- tor of estate of Mrs. Edna B. Crook. Proviso. AN ACT For the relief of Henry J. McCloskey. 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, the sum of $406.70 to Henry J. McCloskey, of San Francisco, California, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of photographic equipment belonging to Henry J. McCloskey and used by him in his work as a guard-photographer in the Immigration and Naturaliza- tion Service which was destroyed by fire at the Angel Island Station on August 12, 1940: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 serv- ices 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, April 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 214] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Edna B. Crook. 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 0. B. Triplett, Junior, Forest, Mississippi, executor of the estate of Mrs. Edna B. Crook, the sum of $470. The payment of such sum shall be in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States on account of the death of the said Mrs. Edna B. Crook, who was fatally injured on May 6, 1940, in Forest, Mississippi, when struck by a United States Army truck: 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, April 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 215] Apri 6,1942 AN ACT [Pr ate Law] For the relief of Geoffrey Orme. oeo rey Oae Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Paymeot to. 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 Geoffrey Orme, Rock Springs, Wyoming, the sum of $134.50. Such sum represents the amount of compensation and per diem subsistence allowance which the said Geoffrey Orme earned for the period July 1, 1940, to August 11, 1940, inclusive, while employed as a field assistant in the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, but not paid to him because [56 STAT.

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