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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 16T SESS.-CHS. 116, 117, 119-MAY 13, 14, 15, 1941 settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained on December 21, 1936, when he was struck by a truck of the Works Progress Administration, while standing on the west sidewalk of Northeast First Avenue, Miami, Florida: 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 notwith- standing. 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 13, 1941. [CHAPTER 117] AN ACT For the relief of Maximo Abrego. 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 Maximo Abrego, Pina, Republic of Panama, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States on account of the death of his son, Manuel Abrego, and his adopted daughter, Marciana Abrego, as the result of the explosion of an old artillery shell, in the yard, near his home in Pina, Republic of Panama, on November 21, 1938: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 14, 1941. [CHAPTER 119] AN ACT For the relief of A. B . Codrington. 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 A. B . Codrington, of Palatka, Florida, the sum of $123.33, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for compensation for services rendered as an employee of the Works Progress Adminis- tration during the months of May, June, and July 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 15, 1941. 907 Provfao. May 14, 1941 [8.436] [Private Law 48] Marimo Abrego. Payment to. Proiso. May 18941 [. 216] [Private Law 49] A. B . Codrington. Payment to. Proio.