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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 155 -157-JUNE 26, 1943 [CHAPTER 155] AN ACT For the relief of Walter C. Blake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Walter C. Blake. 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 Walter C. Blake, of Springfield, Massachusetts, the sum of $1,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages sustained by the said Walter C. Blake from the loss of an eye caused by an injury received in April 1919 while he was an employee of the United States Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts: 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 June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 156] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Favors. 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 Charles Favors, of Phoenix, Arizona, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for damages sustained and funeral expenses incurred by him as the result of the death of his son, Richard Eugene Favors, a minor, who died from injuries sustained in an accident involving a United States Army truck in which he was riding in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 19, 1942: 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 con- tract 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 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 157] AN ACT For the relief of James B. Lewis, Jarvis T. Mills, and Richard D. Peters. 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 James B. Lewis. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (1) to James B. Lewis, of Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of $200, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred by him, as a result of the collision of the automobile in which he was riding, with a June 26, 1943 [S. 282] IPrivat T.aw Mfi June 26, 1943 [S. 373] [Private Law 61] Charles Favors. June 26, 1943 [S. 410] [Private Law 62] 672 [57 STAT.

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