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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , I1T SESS.-CHS. 335 -337-DEC. 3, 1934 [CHAPTER 335] AN ACT For the relief of Eddie Percle. 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, the sum of $5,000 to Eddie Percle, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his wife, Mrs. Octavie Landry Percle, when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on June 27, 1940, near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana: 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 per- son 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 December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 336] AN ACT For the relief of the Grafton Boat Works. 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 the Grafton Boat Works, of Grafton, Illinois, the sum of $240, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for compensation for storing a boat belonging to the National Youth Administration during the period from December 1, 1940, to April 1, 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 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 December 3, 1943. [CHAPTER 337] AN ACT AN ACT For the relief of the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, as administrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased. 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 the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, of Milford, Delaware, as admin- istrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased, the sum of $4,155, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for com- December 3, 193 [S. 862] [Private Law 140] Orafton Boat Works. December 3, 1943 [S. 950] [Private Law 141] Charles E. Reed, estate. 707 December 3, 1943 [S. 770] [Private Law 139] Eddie Percle.

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