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 [57 STAT. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 354-356-DEC. 17, 1943 [CHAPTER 354] December 17, 1943 [H. R. 1379] [Private Law 150] Gerald Estell Proctor. AN ACT For the relief of Gerald Estell Proctor. 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 Gerald Estell Proctor of Princeton, Kentucky, the sum of $2,500, in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries caused him, by the negligent explosion of a charge of dynamite by employees of the Work Projects Administration, on road project numbered 5882-70, in Livingston County, Kentucky, on October 17, 1941: 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 con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 17, 1943. [CHAPTER 355] December 17, 1943 [H. R. 1640] [Private Law 151] Mrs. J. D. Price. AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. J. D. Price. 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 Mrs. J. D. Price, of Lorman, Mississippi, the sum of $659.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and expenses incident thereto as a result of a collision between the car in which she was riding and a United States Army truck near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on June 27, 1941: 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 17, 1943. December 17, 1943 [H. R. 1933] [Private Law 152] [CHAPTER 356] AN ACT For the relief of Ronald A. Cox. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ronald A. Cox. 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 Ronald A. Cox, Emmett, Idaho, the sum of $3,955. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Ronald A. Cox against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by him on January 28, 1942, when the motorcycle on which he was riding was in 712

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