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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 110-112, 116-MAY 12, 13, 1941 [55 STAT. contract numbered Clba-1855, dated April 21, 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, May 12, 1941. [CHAPTER 111] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Fortune. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the May Fortune. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary yment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary Fortune, of Saranac Lake, New York, the sum of $1,610.40, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries sustained when she fell as a result of the icy condition of the steps at the entrance of the Saranac Lake, New York, post office Pr'o. on March 6, 1938: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or deliv- ered 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, May 12, 1941. [C(HAPTER 112] May 12, 1941 IHl. R. 40651 [Private Law 461 Martin F. Gettings. Credit in postal accounts. AN ACT For the relief of Martin F. Gettings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Martin F. Gettings, postmaster at Rahway, New Jersey, with the sum of $47,027.92, representing the amount of money and postage stamps lost in the burglary of the post office at Rahway, New Jersey, on January 21, 1938, such loss having resulted from no fault or negligence on the part of said postmaster, as determined by the Postmaster General under a provision in title 39, United States Code, section 49. Approved, May 12, 1941. [CHAPTER 116] May 13, 1941 [H. R. 1981 [Private Law 47] William G. Sulli- van. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of William G. Sullivan. 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 G. Sullivan, of Miami, Florida, the sum of $2,000, in full Proviso. May 12, 1941 [H. R . 3269] [Private Law 45]