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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3 D SESS.-CHS. 595-597-JULY 11, 1940 [CHAPTER 595] AN ACT For the relief of Twila Snyder. 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 Twila Snyder, of Butte, Montana, the sum of $2,676 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for medical expenses incurred, and per- sonal injuries sustained, by her as a result of the collision at the inter- section of Twenty-first South Street and Twenty-first East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 28, 1936, of the truck in which she was riding with a War Department 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 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, July 11, 1940. 1325 July 11, 1940 [S. 3039] [Private, No. 476] Twila Snyder. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 596] AN ACT Jul 11,1940 For the relief of Velvie W. Smith, and the legal guardian of Glenn Richard Smith. I.8 059] [Private, No. 477] 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 Velvie W. Smith, of Huntington, West Virginia, the sum of $150 and to the legal guardian of Glenn Richard Smith, of Huntington, West Virginia, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of the death of Emley Mae Smith who was killed when a Work Projects Administration truck ran of the highway and struck her on the right-of-way of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad, in Huntington, West Virginia, on October 9, 1939: 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 m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 11, 1940. Velvie W. Smith, and guardian of Glenn Richard Smith. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 597] AN ACT For the relief of the Rodgers Tile Company. 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 the Rodgers Tile Company, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $695.74, in full satis- faction of its claim against the United States for additional compen- July 1, 1940 [8. 3062] [Private, No. 478] Rodgers Tile Co. Payment to.