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72d CONGRESS. SESS. I . CHS.406-408. JULY 2,1932. 1697 [CHAPTER 406.] AN ACT For tho relief of Catherin;) Bell. f;f:'R~;:q . b • ~ [Private, No. 126 .] Be it enacted y the Senate and HCYU8e 01 Repre8entat~1)es of ~,t.e United States 01 America in Oongres8 as8embled, That the Secre- Catherine Bell. tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby. authorized and directed IIO=~' for per. to pay, out of any mone, in the TreasurY not otherwise appropri- ated, to Catherine Bell, III full settlement of all claims against the Governmtlnt of the United States the sum of $1,000 for personsI injuries received by her on the 8th day of June, 1928, at Havana, Arkansas, a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail- way' Company's road by being struck by a sack of United States mall negligently thrown off a fast mail train by Government employees handling said mail, and in violation of the custom and rules for the delivering of mail from running trains: Provided] tr:ft:ilon on attor- That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess ot DeY's, etc., fees. 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to 01.' r e ceived by any agent or agents, at!{)rney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, with- hold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of serv~ces rendered in connection WIth said claim, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be Penaltyforvlolation. deemed ~lty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined III any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 2. 1932. [CHAPTER 407.] AN ACT For the relief of Anna A. Hall. July 2, 1932- [H. R . 3992.) [Private, No. 127.) Be it enacted by the Senate and H O1/..8e 01 Representatives 01 the United States 01 America in Oongress assemlJled, That the Secretary =t· ~aIICustoDlS of the Treasury beJ~ and he is hereby, authorized and directed to duties to. refund to Anna A . .Hall, of Aiken, South Carolina, the sum of $960, such sum representing the duty collected by customs officials from the said Anna A. Hall, after she had become a bona fide holder for value, without notice, of one diamond ring. Approved, July 2, 1932. (CHAPTER 408.] AN ACT For the relief of Emma Shelly. July 2, 1932. lH. R.4056.) [Private, No. 128 .) Be it e7l.llCted by the Senate and House 01 Re'P"esentati'IJes 01 the United States 01 America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary ~=:th:rorprop­ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, arty damages: out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Emma Shelly the sum of $300 in :full settlement against the Gov- ernment for damages sustained to her property as a result of a.n explosion on the Savanna Proving Ground, Savanna, Illinois. Approved, July 2, 1932.