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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 59, 60, 63-APR. 16, 17, 1945 [59 STAT. [CHAPTER 59] April 16, 1945 [H. R. 1094] [Private Law 29] Jay Taylor Cattle Company. April 16,1 945 [H. R. 1344] [Private Law 30] George Webb. April 17, 1945 [H. R. 202] [Private Law 31] Angelina Borbeau. AN ACT For the relief of the Jay Taylor Cattle Company, Amarillo, Texas. 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, to the Jay Taylor Cattle Company, Amarillo, Texas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,814.50. Such sum repre- sents the value of thirty-three grade Hereford steer yearlings, the property of such company, which died during March 1943 as the result of arsenic poisoning suffered from grazing on land upon which arsenic was used in connection with the mesquite eradication project conducted by the Soil Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture, and medical expense incurred in the attempt to save the lives of such steer yearlings: 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 April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 60] AN ACT For the relief of George Webb. 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 George Webb, the sum of $79.20, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for services rendered by him as an employee of the Bonneville Power Administration from July 14, 1942, to July 28, 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 con- tract 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 April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 63] AN ACT For the relief of Angelina Bourbeau. 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 to Angelina Bour- beau, of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,681.95, in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising from personal injuries suffered when the car in which she was a passenger was struck by a Government motor vehicle operated in connection with the United States Army at Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, at Lyman and Chestnut Streets, Springfield, Massachusetts, on January 16, 1944: Provided, That no part of the 696

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