Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 2.djvu/72

 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 321 -323 -NOV. 22, 1943 a 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 not- withstanding. 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 November 22, 1943. [CHAPTER 322] AN ACT For the relief of M. C. Roberts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M.C. Roberts. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to M. C. Roberts, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the sum of $1,784.90, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for medical and hospital expenses paid by M. C. Roberts on account of personal injuries sustained by his son, Private Robert G. Roberts, United States Army, when the automobile in which he was riding was involved in a collision, in line of duty, near Sapulpa, Oklahoma, on November 30, 1940: 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 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 November 22, 1943. [CHAI'TER 323] November 22, 104:3 [11. It. 2075] [Private Law 133] Nellie Starr McCorkle. 5U. S .C., Supp. II, § 61a. AN ACT Providing for paIyment to Nellie Starr MlcCorkle of accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased hulsband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S . C., sec. 61a). 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 to Nellie Starr McCorkle, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, the sum of $623.70, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C ., sec. 61a), by reason of his civil employ- ment prior to his being ordered to active duty, and payment of which was withheld by reason of the fact that he was killed in the Philip- pine Islands shortly after the passage of the Act and before he was advised of the benefits accruing to him through the provisions of said Act: 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 November 22, 1943. November 22, 1943 [H. R. 2600] IPrivatP L.aw 1321 [57 STAT.

�