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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 10, 11--EB. 4, 6, 1944 [CHAPTER 10] AN ACT For the relief of C. J. Toole. 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 C. J. Toole, Macon, Georgia, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of the amount paid by him to the United States as surety on a bond for the appearance on April 22, 1942, of Emmett Eugene Dean to answer criminal charges in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Divi- sion, the said Emmett Eugene Dean having failed to appear on such date but being apprehended shortly thereafter, at considerable expense to the said C. J. Toole, and convicted: 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 February 4, 1944. [CHAPTER 11] AN ACT For the relief of Paul W. Busbey Mrs. Paul W. Busbey, Paula Busbey, and Mrs. Louisa Busbey. 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 Paul W. Busbey, Wheeling, West Virginia, the sum of $1,798.13; to Mrs. Paul W. Busbey, Wheeling, West Virginia, the sum of $1,500; to Paula Busbey, Wheeling, West Virginia, the sum of $3,000; and to Mrs. Louisa Busbey, Wheeling, West Virginia, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all their claims, including medical and hospital expenses, against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by such persons on July 30, 1941, in a collision on United States Highway Numbered 17, Ways Station, Georgia, between a United States Army truck and the automobile in which such persons were riding: 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 February 6, 1944. 937 February 4, 1944 [H. R. 636] [Private Law 169] C. J. Toole. February6, 1944 [H. R. 1344] [Private Law 170] Paul W. Busbey and others.

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