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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 203-20 --JULY 8, 1943 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 notwith- standing. 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 July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 204] AN ACT For the relief of J. Frank Meador. 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 J. Frank Meador, of Atlanta, Georgia, (1) the sum of $500 in a lump sum as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and (2) the sum of $100 per month for each month beginning with the month in which this Act is enacted and ending with the twentieth month for which such payments of $100 are made or the month pre- ceding the month of death of the said J. Frank Meador, whichever may be the earlier; the payment of such sums to be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by the said J. Frank Meador as the result of having been struck by a bicycle operated by a special-delivery messenger of the Atlanta post office on June 20, 1942: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact or 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 July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 205] AN ACT For the relief of Robert H. Pulliam. July 8, 1943 [H. R. 1557] [Private Law 82] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asembled, That the Secretary Robert H. Pnlliam of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert H. Pulliam, of Walnut, Mississippi, the sum of $700, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained as a result of the collision of the car in which he was riding and a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on September 20, 1941, near Walnut, Mississippi: 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 con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the proviions of this 683 July 8, 194 [H. R. 1334] [Private Law 81] J. Frank Meador.

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