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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 362, 363 -DEC. 17, 1943 [CHAPTER 362] AN ACT For the relief of Verna Mae Rossell and Winifred Rossell Mooney. 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 Verna Mae Rossell, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, the sum of $3,420.50, and to Winifred Rossell Mooney, of Fort Monroe, Virginia, the sum of $575, in full satisfaction of their respective claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained and for reimbursement for medical and hospital expenses incurred by them when the automobile in which they were riding as passengers was struck by a United States Army truck on State Highway Numbered 39 near Fort Dix, New Jersey, on Janu- ary 18, 1941: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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. [CHAPTER 363] AN ACT To authorize the payment of additional compensation to special counsel in the case of United States against Standard Oil Company of California. 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 $15,000, to John W. Preston of Los Angeles California, and the sum of $10,000, to Annette Abbott Adams, of Los Angeles, California, as additional compensation for services rendered by them between October 1, 1935, and September 30 1941, as special counsel and assistant special counsel, respectively, for the United States, in the action of United States against the Standard Oil Company of California, for an accounting and to quiet title to sections 16 and 36, township 30 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian, located in the Elk Hill oil fields in California: 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. 715 December 17, 1943 [S. 1038] [Private Law 158] Verna Mae Rossell and Winifred Rossell Mooney. December 17, 194 IS. 1049] [Private Law 159] John W. Preston and Annette Abbott Adams.

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