[CHAPTER 379] AN ACT For the relief of Norman Carlin Brown, a minor. 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 the legal guardian of Norman Carlin Brown, a minor, of Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for injuries resulting in death, sustained by Chester Brown, the father of the infant named herein, on September 20, 1940, the decedent having been struck by a United States Army truck which at the time was being operated in a negligent manner by an enlisted man in the United States Army: Provided, That no part of the money 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, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 380] AN ACT For the relief of Herman R. Allen. 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 Herman R. Allen, company commander, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2314, Beltsville, Maryland, the sum of $190, in full settlement of all claims against the United States. The payment of such sum is made to reimburse the said Herman R. Allen for a personal advance by him on November 1, 1939, of $190 to replace a shortage in the company pay roll funds caused by the theft, on October 31, 1939, by former Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee R. E. Lee of a like amount from such pay roll funds: 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, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 381] AN ACT For the relief of Emily Barlow. 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 Emily Barlow, of El Paso, Texas, the sum of $1,230 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of an employee of the War Department while driving an Army truck on February 16, 1940: 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, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 382] AN ACT For the relief of Lewis Jones. 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 Lewis Jones, of Ben Hur, Arkansas, the sum of $1,510, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of an automobile accident in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 13, 1931, while he was a Federal prisoner in the custody of, and riding in the car driven by, a prohibition agent of the Department of Justice: 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, August 18, 1941. 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 Tony Cirone, of Trinidad, Colorado, the sum of $100, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of damages to a truck belonging to the said Tony Cirone while the same was being used on a project of the Works Progress Administration on August 31, 1938: 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, August 18, 1941. Proviso. August 18, 1941 [H. R. 2753] [Private Law 153] Lewis Jones. Proviso. August 18, 1941 [H. R. 4045] [Private Law 154] Tony Cirone. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 191] [Private Law 155] and Domonic Stencil. Payments to. [CHAPTER 401] AN ACT For the relief of Franklin Stencil and Domonic Stencil. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Franklin Stencil 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 Franklin Stencil, Cayuga, North Dakota, the sum of $400 for personal injuries and property damages, to Domonic Stencil, Cayuga, North Dakota, the sum of $5,000 on account of the death of his wife, Rose Stencil. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained when the car in which they were riding was struck by a truck in the service of the Work Projects Administration on March 4, 1940, near Britton, South Dakota: 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. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 647] [Private Law 156] and Helen Jackson. Payments to. Edwin Jackson. Payment to legal guardian of. For the relief of Gilbert E. Jackson and Helen Jackson, individually, and to the legal guardian of Edwin Jackson, a minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gilbert E. Jackson 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 Gilbert E. Jackson the sum of $175, to Helen Jackson, the sum of $2,500, and to the legal guardian of Edwin Jackson, a minor, the sum of $1,500. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by them on December 24, 1937, at Portland, Oregon, when the car in which they were traveling was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck: 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. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 1692] [Private Law 157] William F. Kliewe. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 403] AN ACT For the relief of William F. Kliewe. 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 William F. Kliewe, as legal guardian of his son, Charles Kliewe, a minor, of Pearl River, New York, the sum of $1,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the personal injury sustained by the said Charles Kliewe, who was injured on March 14, 1938, by a tree felled by the Dutch elm disease eradication crew of the Department of Agriculture: 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. For the relief of Wade H. Erwin and Vonnie Erwin. 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 Wade H. Erwin, of Strawberry, Arkansas, the sum of $162.50; and to Vonnie Erwin, of Strawberry, Arkansas, the sum of $1,250, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for property damage and personal injuries sustained by them in the collision of an automobile, owned and operated by them, and an automobile truck operated by an employee of the Works Progress Administration, near the town of Charlotte, Independence County, Arkansas, on November 26, 1937: Provided, That no part of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum shall be paid to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claims. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact or collect, withhold or receive any sum of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof, on account of services rendered in connection with said claims, 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. 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 John S. Small of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,459.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries to his minor daughter, Patricia Ann, sustained when struck by a rock from a blast on a Work Projects Administration project, on September 26, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 2010] [Private Law 158] Wade H. Erwin and Vonnie Erwin. Payments to. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 2182] [Private Law 159] John S. Small. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 2212] [Private Law 160] and Rose Reed. Payments to. 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, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 406] AN ACT For the relief of Raymond W. Reed and Rose Reed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Raymond W. Reed 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 Raymond W. Reed, of Trenton, Texas, the sum of $4,089, and to the wife of Raymond W. Reed, Rose Reed, the sum of $5,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, property damages, medical and other expenses arising out of an accident, on January 6, 1939, which occurred on United States Highway Numbered 69, approximately two and one-half miles north of Canadian, Oklahoma, involving an automobile driven by an inspector of the Bituminous Coal Commission, on official business: 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. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 2434] [Private Law 161] Payment to. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Margaret 8. Holten. 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 Margaret S. Holten, of Salt Lake City, Utah, the sum of $2,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising from the death of Mary Schramm Alexander, the mother of the said Margaret S. Holten, who died on May 18, 1939, as a result of being struck by a truck driven by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with this claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, August 21, 1941. |