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6 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 412, 423, 424-JUNE 12, 19, 1942

for compensation for damages to, and for loss of rentals from, their apartment building in San Pedro, California, which resulted from heavy gunfire on June 17 and 18, 1941, by Coast Artillery units located at Fort MacArthur, California: 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 renderd 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, June 12, 1942. [CHAPTER 423] AN ACT For the relief of Jeff Roberts. 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 Jeff Roberts, of Forrest County, Mississippi, the sum of $5,453.70. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of the death of his son Quitman Roberts, who was fatally injured on July 12, 1941, when the automobile which he was driving was in collision with a United States Army truck at Camp Shelby, Mississippi: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 19, 1942. [CHAPTER 424] AN ACT For the relief of A. Mack Dodd and Henry Dodd. June 19, 1942 [H. R. 63491 [Private Law 456] Jeff Roberts. Payment to. Juno 19, 1942 I[. R. 6597] [Private Law 457] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A.MDa Henry Dc of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Paymer pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100 to A. Mack Dodd, and $250 to Henry Dodd, of Macon, Georgia, in full settlement of their claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered by them on January 28, 1941, when they were injured as the result of a collision with a Civilian Conservation Corps ambulance of the United States Army at Macon, Georgia: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in P r to- 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, June 19, 1942. 1187 Provio. k Dodd and odd. its to.