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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 359, 360 --JUNE 5, 1942 [CHAPTER 359] June 5, 1942 [H. R. 2730] [Private Law 4151 AN ACT For the relief of Dorothy Silva. [CHAPTER 360] June 5, 1942 [H. R. 2925] [Private Law 416] Wiley W. Watkins. Payment to. Proiseo. AN ACT For the relief of Wiley W. Watkine. 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, on certification by the Secretary of the Interior, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Wiley W. Watkins, a sum determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be the fair and reasonable value of all improvements and the labor involved therein, not in excess of $1,000 placed by him on lot 7 section 20, township 59 north, range 24 west, fourth principal meridian, Minnesota, prior to November 9, 1940, by reason of erroneous allowance of homestead entry: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlaw- ful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined n any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 5, 1942. 1170 [56 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dorothy Silva. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. f the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Dorothy Silva, of West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, the sum of $1,074, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained in an automobile accident in collision with a motor vehicle owned by the Work Projects Admin- istration for the city of New York in Four Corners, Staten Island, Prooiso. New York, on the 2d day of October 1939: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 5, 1942.

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